Die Philosophie der Stoa: Seneca, Epistulae morales

What is a good life? What is really important? Which path leads to happiness? This question is answered very differently by the ancient philosophical schools. The answer of the Stoa: secundum naturam vivere - and for the Stoics this means above all "guided by reason". Accordingly, the rigorous Stoa teaches the killing of all affects such as anger, grief, love.Seneca's Epistulae morales at the beginning present themselves as a practical and true-to-life guidebook for everyday life and thus also pick up philosophical laymen - but little by little they become more dogmatic. The analysis of Seneca's literary technique as well as the personal and critical examination of the theory of goods and affects of the Stoa are the core concerns of this edition.