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Seneca's De Clementia (On Mercy) is an instructional contrast between the good ruler and the tyrant, and an evaluation of the relationship between ruler and subject. A survey of history is made in the first volume to select different rulers to point out as examples, including... Read Full Overview

This edition is published just a century after the precedent (C. Hosius 1914).
The improvements in the comprehension of the manuscript tradition and of the historical context made during this century find their embedding in the text, introduction and apparatus of Malaspina's... Read Full Overview

Soon after Nero's accession in 54 CE, his tutor, the philosopher Seneca, addressed to his young pupil an essay called De Clementia in which he offered advice on how to behave in his new role. This is the first full philological edition of the De Clementia in English. It includes... Read Full Overview

"De la clemencia", de S neca. S neca fue un fil sofo, pol tico, orador y escritor romano conocido por sus obras de car cter moralista (4a.C-65d.C.)

I HAVE determined to write a book upon clemency, Nero Caesar, in order that I may as it were serve as a mirror to you, and let you see yourself arriving at the greatest of all pleasures. For although the true enjoyment of good deeds consists in the performance of them, and virtues... Read Full Overview

De la clemencia al Emperador Ner n. Lucio Anneo S neca. Roma 4 a. C - 65 d. C