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| Author(s): |
Fabiana Lopes da Silveira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem |
| Defense date: | 2014-08-28 |
| Examining board members: |
Isabella Tardin Cardoso;
Paulo Sérgio de Vasconcellos;
Matheus Clemente De Pietro;
Marcos Martinho dos Santos
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| Advisor: | Isabella Tardin Cardoso |
| Abstract | |
Though considered one of the most significant of Seneca's works, scholars sometimes critize the Letters to Lucilius as being nothing but a gathering of moral exhortations (precepts) with no considerable doctrinal basis, or for allegedly not presenting any systematics. However, a more careful reading of the Letter 94 (and the one that follows it, the Letter 95), lets us come to notice that Seneca himself approaches the role of precepts in moral development. The importance of that part of philosophy called praeceptiua as opposed to the dogmatic one is the main subject of these epistles. There, the philosopher develops his arguments quite orderly and makes regular use of imagery in order to refer to both decreta and praecepta. Taking that into account, and having studied the Letter 95 before, this investigation of the Letter 94 focuses on the hypothesis that the philosopher presents systematics of some kind, at least when it comes to his arguments about the methods of philosophical teaching just mentioned. The epistle is translated in full and provided with footnotes (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/15952-1 - Praecepta and Decreta on Seneca's 94th Letter |
| Grantee: | Fabiana Lopes da Silveira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |