{"title":"Other Classics","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"seneca-on-stoicism-1492","title":"Seneca on Stoicism, Life and Virtue: A Venetian Incunable of 1492","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeneca, Lucius Annaeus [Seneca] (c. 4 BCE–65 CE).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpera philosophica et epistolae\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eVenice: Bernardinus de Choris, de Cremona, 31 Oct\u003cbr\u003e1492.\u003cbr\u003eFolio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis incunable edition presents the philosophical, ethical, epistolary, and pseudo-Senecan corpus as it was received in the later Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Printed at Venice by Bernardinus de Choris of Cremona on 31 October 1492, the edition belongs to the mature phase of Italian humanist printing, when classical authors were being consolidated into large-format printed corpora for scholarly, moral, and rhetorical use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucius Annaeus Seneca, known as Seneca the Younger, was one of the principal intellectual figures of the early Roman Empire. Born at Corduba in Hispania around 4 BCE, he rose to prominence at Rome as a Stoic philosopher, orator, statesman, and tutor to the emperor Nero. His career ended in enforced suicide in 65 CE, following his alleged implication in the Pisonian conspiracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeneca’s writings exercised an exceptionally durable influence upon late antique, medieval, and Renaissance moral thought. His Stoic emphasis on self-command, constancy, contempt of fortune, moderation of the passions, and the ethical formation of the individual made him one of the most widely read pagan authors within Christian intellectual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contents of this edition are deliberately comprehensive. They include major moral and political treatises such as \u003cem\u003eDe clementia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe beneficiis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe ira\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe beata vita\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe tranquillitate vitae\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDe brevitate vitae\u003c\/em\u003e, together with the \u003cem\u003eEpistolae ad Lucilium\u003c\/em\u003e, Seneca’s great epistolary meditation on philosophy as a discipline of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume also contains texts transmitted under Seneca’s name but now recognised as spurious or wrongly attributed, including \u003cem\u003eDe moribus\u003c\/em\u003e, the pseudo-Senecan \u003cem\u003eDe quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus\u003c\/em\u003e by Martin of Braga, the \u003cem\u003eProverbia Senecae\u003c\/em\u003e, and the apocryphal correspondence between Seneca and St Paul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, the edition incorporates rhetorical material now attributed to Seneca the Elder, namely the \u003cem\u003eDeclamationes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSuasoriae\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eControversiae\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is not merely an edition of Seneca the philosopher, but a printed monument to the broader medieval and humanist idea of “Seneca” as moralist, rhetorician, political counsellor, and near-Christian sage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inclusion of the correspondence between Seneca and St Paul is especially significant for understanding the intellectual world in which this edition was produced. Although now regarded as apocryphal, the letters helped sustain the long-standing medieval belief that Seneca stood in close proximity to Christian revelation. Their presence in this edition reflects the continued Renaissance interest in reconciling pagan moral philosophy with Christian ethical teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimilarly, the attribution to Seneca of works by later Christian or late antique authors demonstrates the breadth of his medieval authority: his name functioned not only as that of a historical Roman writer, but as a guarantor of moral wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeneca’s Stoicism, and \u003cem\u003eDe clementia\u003c\/em\u003e in particular, became important to Polish Renaissance political thought and to the education of royal advisers, while his influence can also be traced in the literary culture of the Polish Golden Age, including the work of Jan Kochanowski.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts importance lies precisely in its composite character. It preserves the Seneca known to fifteenth-century readers: at once Stoic philosopher, imperial adviser, master of moral prose, supposed correspondent of St Paul, and authoritative source of \u003cem\u003esententiae\u003c\/em\u003e. As such, it offers valuable evidence not only for the early printing history of classical literature, but also for the intellectual construction of Seneca’s authority before the stricter textual separations of modern scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISTC records five copies held in Polish institutional collections (Bielany Kam, Płock Sem, Toruń, Książnica Kopernikańska, Warszawa, Biblioteka Narodowa, Wrocław, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka), and GW records “at least one copy in private ownership” worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDe remediis fortuitorum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe clementia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe beneficiis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe ira\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe mundi gubernatione\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe beata vita\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe consolatione\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe tranquillitate vitae\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuomodo in sapientem non cadit iniuria\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe brevitate vitae\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEpistolae ad Lucilium\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eDe moribus\u003c\/em\u003e. Pseudo-Seneca [Martinus Dumiensis, Archbishop of Braga (Bracara)]: \u003cem\u003eDe quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus\u003c\/em\u003e. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (the Elder): \u003cem\u003eDeclamationes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSuasoriae\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eControversiae\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eProverbia Senecae\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eEpistolae Pauli et Senecae\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julia Woodward Antykwariat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55093861089621,"sku":null,"price":9950.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1081\/7922\/6965\/files\/P1010911.jpg?v=1790191986"}],"url":"https:\/\/antykwariat-woodward.com\/collections\/other-classics.oembed","provider":"Julia Woodward Antykwariat","version":"1.0","type":"link"}