Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
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Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium is a collection of moral and philosophical letters by the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger, offering practical guidance on ethics, virtue, and the good life.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium canonical | 5 |
| Moral Letters to Lucilius | 2 |
| Seneca's moral essays | 2 |
| Epistulae morales ad Lucilium | 1 |
| Seneca’s moral essays | 1 |
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Target entity: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium Context triple: [Seneca the Younger, notableWork, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium]
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Moralia in Job
Moralia in Job is a monumental 6th-century biblical commentary by Pope Gregory the Great that offers moral and allegorical interpretations of the Book of Job.
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Epistulae ex Ponto
Epistulae ex Ponto is a collection of elegiac letters by the Roman poet Ovid, written during his exile on the Black Sea and addressed to friends and family in Rome.
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Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
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D.
De vulgari eloquentia
De vulgari eloquentia is a Latin treatise by Dante Alighieri that analyzes and defends the use of vernacular language in literature and poetry.
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Meditations
Meditations is a series of personal writings by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius that articulate key principles of Stoic philosophy and self-discipline.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium Target entity description: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium is a collection of moral and philosophical letters by the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger, offering practical guidance on ethics, virtue, and the good life.
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A.
Moralia in Job
Moralia in Job is a monumental 6th-century biblical commentary by Pope Gregory the Great that offers moral and allegorical interpretations of the Book of Job.
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B.
Epistulae ex Ponto
Epistulae ex Ponto is a collection of elegiac letters by the Roman poet Ovid, written during his exile on the Black Sea and addressed to friends and family in Rome.
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C.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
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D.
De vulgari eloquentia
De vulgari eloquentia is a Latin treatise by Dante Alighieri that analyzes and defends the use of vernacular language in literature and poetry.
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E.
Meditations
Meditations is a series of personal writings by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius that articulate key principles of Stoic philosophy and self-discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Stoic text
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collection of letters ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Letters to Lucilius
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Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
surface form:
Moral Letters to Lucilius
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| author | Seneca the Younger ⓘ |
| circulation |
manuscript tradition in Late Antiquity
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printed in early modern Europe ⓘ widely read in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Lucilius Junior ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary literature
ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ |
| hasModernUse |
source for Stoic practice
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text in philosophy curricula ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
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fate and providence ⓘ friendship ⓘ indifference to external goods ⓘ philosophical practice ⓘ time and its use ⓘ tranquillity of mind ⓘ virtue as the highest good ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian moral thought
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Renaissance humanism ⓘ early modern philosophy ⓘ modern self-help literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chrysippus of Soli
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surface form:
Chrysippus
Stoicism ⓘ
surface form:
Stoic philosophy
Zeno of Citium ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Lucilius Junior
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surface form:
Lucilius
students of philosophy ⓘ |
| literaryForm | didactic letters ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Stoicism
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ethics ⓘ practical wisdom ⓘ the good life ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| notableLetter |
Letter 104: On Care of Health and Peace of Mind
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Letter 16: On Philosophy, the Guide of Life ⓘ Letter 1: On Saving Time ⓘ Letter 47: On Master and Slave ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 20 ⓘ |
| numberOfLetters | 124 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Stoicism ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Rome ⓘ |
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