The Claudian periodHarper & brothers, 1883 |
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... explains Caligula's second criti- cism . From first to last Seneca is a very incoherent writer ; he never succeeds in having a plan in any of his longer works ; he is at the mercy of the association of ideas and of the way in which one ...
... explains Caligula's second criti- cism . From first to last Seneca is a very incoherent writer ; he never succeeds in having a plan in any of his longer works ; he is at the mercy of the association of ideas and of the way in which one ...
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... explaining away one of the most distinctive tenets of Stoicism prepares us to find that Seneca was not a very strict Stoic . He wishes to be the disciple of truth , and not of men : he professes to think it desirable that there should ...
... explaining away one of the most distinctive tenets of Stoicism prepares us to find that Seneca was not a very strict Stoic . He wishes to be the disciple of truth , and not of men : he professes to think it desirable that there should ...
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... explanation of the contrast , which at first appears so glaring , between Seneca's ethical fervor and his political career . There is no reason to think that he had to do much , if any , violence to his conscience in his position as ...
... explanation of the contrast , which at first appears so glaring , between Seneca's ethical fervor and his political career . There is no reason to think that he had to do much , if any , violence to his conscience in his position as ...
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... explanation of the curious phenomenon of seeing one's self in the open air , which in Germany led to so much gross mysticism about Doppelgänger and the like . On the other hand , Seneca is given to moralize in season and out of season ...
... explanation of the curious phenomenon of seeing one's self in the open air , which in Germany led to so much gross mysticism about Doppelgänger and the like . On the other hand , Seneca is given to moralize in season and out of season ...
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... explain comets away into atmospheric phenomena , like the " torches and trumpets and beams and other signs in heaven , " which we should now think were probably partly due to the aurora borealis and partly to excited imaginations ...
... explain comets away into atmospheric phenomena , like the " torches and trumpets and beams and other signs in heaven , " which we should now think were probably partly due to the aurora borealis and partly to excited imaginations ...
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