Epistulae Morales Selectae

About this film

LibriVox recording of Epistulae Morales Selectae, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Read in Latin by Malone. Seneca is an important repository of Stoic doctrine. His reputation, based on the ancient testimony, has remained ambiguous down to the present day: he was a Stoic hero who attempted to advise Nero, he was a dissolute hypocrite, he was a Christian saint. That said, his letters provided a format for philosophical discourse that long remained valid for Western Europe. His musings always sprang from concrete situations: the games in the Coliseum, the noise from a public bath below his apartment. Montaigne admired the style of his Latin, which he called "nerveux": taut and full of energy. (Summary by Malone) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (157MB)

Directors & creators

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Subjects

LibriVox; audiobook; ancient philosophy; stoicism; philosophy; Latin literature; Seneca the younger; ancient history

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