On Benefits

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Miriam Griffin, Brad Inwood

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Chicago University Press
20 August 2014

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

Series: The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor 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.

On Benefits, written between 56 and 64 CE, is a treatise addressed to Seneca's close friend Aebutius Liberalis. The longest of Seneca's works dealing with a single subject-how to give and receive benefits and how to express gratitude appropriately-On Benefits is the only complete work on what we now call ""gift exchange"" to survive from antiquity. Benefits were of great personal significance to Seneca, who remarked in one of his later letters that philosophy teaches, above all else, to owe and repay benefits well."

By: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Translated by: Miriam Griffin, Brad Inwood
Imprint: Chicago University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 21mm, Width: 15mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780226212227
ISBN 10: 022621222X
Series: The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 20 August 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Miriam Griffin is emeritus fellow in ancient history at Somerville College. University of Oxford. She is the author of Seneca: A Philosopher in Politics, among other books. Brad Inwood is professor in the Departments of Classics and Philosophy and Canada Research Chair in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Reading Seneca: Stoic Philosophy at Rome, among other books.

Reviews for On Benefits

"""Griffin and Inwood's work breathes new life into this essential and too long neglected text by Seneca."" (Bryn Mawr Classical Review) ""The translation is excellent: Seneca's Latin is not easy, and the translators successfully turn it into English that is true to the Latin and enjoyable to read."" (Choice) ""An excellent volume in every way. Seneca's essay has a potential interest for readers going far beyond scholars and students of ancient philosophy, and all those involved have, clearly, made every attempt to make this volume highly accessible and informative. I can think of no translators better qualified to tackle this text, and the end product entirely justifies their efforts."" (Phronesis)"""