'IMAGO SUI' IN SENECA'S 'LETTERS TO LUCILIUS' ('Imago Sui' v Senecovych 'Listoch Luciliovi')

• Authors: Urbancova Elena
• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the paper is to examine Seneca's self-portrait as depicted in his 'Letters to Lucilius'. The first part deals with the place of this collection of letters occupies in the context of ancient epistolary literature. It shows how it contributed to the introspective character of ancient philosophical prose. Introspection as a method of self-knowledge and self-creation is analyzed in the second part. The resulting vision of the identity of the author's Letters is neither unified, nor consistent: Seneca is presented as a 'man of many faces' in his life as well as in literature.

Keywords

EN

INTROSPECTION; LETTERS TO LUCILIUS; SENECA; STOICISM

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 249-256
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Urbancova Elena,

• Mgr. Elena Urbancova, PhD., Institut romanskych a klasickych filologii FF PU, ul. 17. novembra c. 1, 080 01 Presov, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10SKAAAA08894