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008			210315s2019 nju 000 0 eng c
010			_a 2018953760
020			_a9780691181950 (hardcover)
020			_a0691181950 (hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1051136439
050			_aPA6665.D45 _bR66 2019
100	1		_aSeneca, Lucius Annaeus, _dapproximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
245	1	0	_aHow to keep your cool : _ban ancient guide to anger management / _cSeneca ; selected, translated, and introduced by James Romm.
246	1	3	_aOn anger
260			_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc2019.
300			_axviii, 220 p.
490	1		_aAncient wisdom for modern readers
500			_aLatin and English on facing pages.
520			_aTimeless wisdom on controlling anger in personal life and politics from the Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman Seneca. In his essay "On Anger" (De Ira), the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD) argues that anger is the most destructive passion: "No plague has cost the human race more dear." This was proved by his own life, which he barely preserved under one wrathful emperor, Caligula, and lost under a second, Nero. This splendid new translation of essential selections from "On Anger," presented with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, offers readers a timeless guide to avoiding and managing anger. It vividly illustrates why the emotion is so dangerous and why controlling it would bring vast benefits to individuals and society. Drawing on his great arsenal of rhetoric, including historical examples (especially from Caligula's horrific reign), anecdotes, quips, and soaring flights of eloquence, Seneca builds his case against anger with mounting intensity. Like a fire-and-brimstone preacher, he paints a grim picture of the moral perils to which anger exposes us, tracing nearly all the world's evils to this one toxic source. But he then uplifts us with a beatific vision of the alternate path, a path of forgiveness and compassion that resonates with Christian and Buddhist ethics. Seneca's thoughts on anger have never been more relevant than today, when uncivil discourse has increasingly infected public debate. Whether seeking personal growth or political renewal, readers will find, in Seneca's wisdom, a valuable antidote to the ills of an angry age.
600	1	4	_aSeneca, Lucius Annaeus, _dapproximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. _tDe ira.
650		4	_aAnger _xEarly works to 1800.
700	1		_aRomm, James S.
740	3		_aDe ira.
830		0	_aAncient wisdom for modern readers.
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