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De Vita Beata or On the Happy Life is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD. It was intended for his older brother Gallio, to whom Seneca also dedicated his dialogue entitled De Ira (On Anger). It is divided into 28 chapters that... Read Full Overview

De Vita Beata ("On the Happy Life") is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD. It was intended for his older brother Gallio, to whom Seneca also dedicated his dialogue entitled De Ira ("On Anger"). It is divided into 28 chapters that present the moral... Read Full Overview

De Vita Beata or On the Happy Life is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD. It was intended for his older brother Gallio, to whom Seneca also dedicated his dialogue entitled De Ira ('On Anger'). It is divided into 28 chapters that present the moral thoughts... Read Full Overview

All men, brother Gallio, wish to live happily, but are dull at perceiving exactly what it is that makes life happy: and so far is it from being easy to attain to happiness that the more eagerly a man struggles to reach it the further he departs from it, if he takes the wrong... Read Full Overview

Seneca's On a Happy Life - written almost 2000 years ago for

his older brother - is an engrossing compendium of timeless Stoic

wisdom. The Philosopher's advice covers all aspects of human

existence, and includes avoiding intense emotions, desires and fears,... Read Full Overview

On the Happy Life is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD, intended for his older brother Gallio. It is divided into 28 chapters that present the moral thoughts of Seneca at their most mature. Seneca explains that the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit... Read Full Overview

"De la felicidad", 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.)

On the Happy Life is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD, intended for his older brother Gallio. It is divided into 28 chapters that present the moral thoughts of Seneca at their most mature. Seneca explains that the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit... Read Full Overview

De Vita Beata (Of a Happy Life) is a wonderful philosophical treatise on the definition of Happiness.

De la vie heureuse, ou encore Du bonheur (en latin, De vita beata) est un dialogue avec un interlocuteur imaginaire ?crit par S?n?que le jeune vers 58 apr?s J?sus Christ. L'oeuvre est d?di?e ? Gallion, fr?re a?n? de S?n?que. Son principal objet est de montrer que le bonheur n'est... Read Full Overview

"De la vida bienaventurada", 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.)

"De la vie heureuse" de Seneque. Philosophe stoicien, dramaturge et homme d'Etat romain (3av.J.C.-65)."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Vom gl ckseligen Leben und andere Schriften Vom gl ckseligen Leben: Entstanden etwa 58/59 n. Chr. Erstdruck in: Opera, herausgegeben von M. Moravus, 1. Band, Neapel 1475. Erste deutsche bersetzung durch M. Herr unter dem Titel Von dem seligen Leben in:... Read Full Overview

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WORK IS IN FRENCH

This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity... Read Full Overview

In "Vom gl ckseligen Leben" (De Vita Beata) ergr ndet Seneca, der prominente r mische Stoiker, die Frage nach dem Sinn und der Beschaffenheit eines gl cklichen Lebens. Durch einen klaren, aphoristischen Stil entbl ttert das Werk philosophische Konzepte, die sich gegen die Verf... Read Full Overview

Lucius Annaeus Seneca ist Sohn aus einem wohlhabenden Elternhaus, der Vater ein angesehener Rhetoriker. Nach einer umfassenden Ausbildung kann sich der Sohn in Rom unter Kaiser Tiberius einigen Ruhm erarbeiten, wird von Tiberius' Nachfolger Claudius sp?ter nach Kreta verbannt... Read Full Overview