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About the product About the series The «Great Personalities» series is a library of the main works of the most legendary and outstanding representatives of different eras. These are rulers, philosophers, artists — key figures of their time, whose thoughts and ideas are of interest to mankind to this day. In each book of the series, a kind of «sammari» is selected: for each personality, excerpts from key works, aphorisms, thoughts and statements are presented. These extremely practical publications will become indispensable both for students who are just getting acquainted with world culture and history, and for those who want to fill some gaps in knowledge. Convenient pocket format, paperback will allow you to get acquainted with the cultural heritage of the greats on the way to college or to work. About the book Lucius Annay Seneca is a famous ancient Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher, whose works influenced many famous philosophers and remain relevant to this day. Followers of Stoicism thought about the place of man in the world, about the essence of law and morality, and tried to make their behavior based on moral confidence. Seneca considered himself a «healer of souls.» The treatise «On Benefits», which this book introduces the reader, is dedicated to good — it teaches you to do and accept good deeds. «We will render a blessing in the way we would like to receive it ourselves: willingly, quickly and without any hesitation.» Annotation Lucius Anney Seneca (4 BC — 65) — an outstanding Roman Stoic philosopher, famous politician, educator of the notorious emperor Nero. Seneca, on his own fate, experienced all the burden of power and gratitude for this: in the days of Nero’s youth, Seneca was the de facto ruler of Rome and, by order of the same emperor, was forced to commit suicide. Seneca’s philosophical dialogues and reflections had a tremendous impact on all Christian thinkers of subsequent times. His work «On Benefits», according to the just remark of the French educator Denis Diderot, «is a wonderful work, composed for the benefit of not only Nero, but all people.» Analyzing with a deep knowledge of the human heart and its secrets various manifestations of spiritual life, with deep insight discovering and noticing various deviations in human relationships, Seneca, better and more thoroughly than all ancient thinkers, explored such an important area of manifestations of moral feelings as charity, which, in his opinion, «serves as the main link for human society.» …
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