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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp019c67wm958| Title: | Seneca: the world according to nature |
| Authors: | Jones, Madeleine Kersti |
| Advisors: | Feldherr, Andrew |
| Contributors: | Classics Department |
| Keywords: | nature Neronian Seneca Stoicism |
| Subjects: | Literature Classical literature Philosophy |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University |
| Abstract: | The dissertation examines the treatment of nature in the tragic and philosophical works of Seneca the Younger. "Live according to nature" was the Stoic injunction, but for Seneca it was impossible to think about the natural world without also considering the limitations of the philosopher's own mind. Through literary critical study of various complexes of imagery spanning the Senecan corpus, I argue that Seneca regarded the split between the flawed mind of the philosopher and the perfect nature which is the object of his study as a central problem within Stoicism. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp019c67wm958 |
| Alternate format: | The Mudd Manuscript Library retains one bound copy of each dissertation. Search for these copies in the library's main catalog |
| Type of Material: | Academic dissertations (Ph.D.) |
| Language: | en |
| Appears in Collections: | Classics |
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