{"product_id":"anger-mercy-revenge-lucius-annaeus-seneca-9780226748412","title":"Anger, Mercy, Revenge","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection restores Seneca-whose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson-to his rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in the humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnger, Mercy, Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e comprises three key writings: the moral essays \u003ci\u003eOn Anger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Clemency\u003c\/i\u003e-which were penned as advice for the then young emperor, Nero-and the \u003ci\u003eApocolocyntosis\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliant satire lampooning the end of the reign of Claudius. Friend and tutor, as well as philosopher, Seneca welcomed the age of Nero in tones alternately serious, poetic, and comic-making \u003ci\u003eAnger, Mercy, Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e a work just as complicated, astute, and ambitious as its author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucius Annaeus Seneca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226748413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226748412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011","brand":"Lucius Annaeus Seneca","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946348904703,"sku":"9780226748412","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_df0bc34f-7f6e-44c1-8a95-4cb05da33bed.jpg?v=1681512638","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anger-mercy-revenge-lucius-annaeus-seneca-9780226748412","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}