How to Give: An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving

by Seneca

Book Overview

Timeless wisdom on generosity and gratitude from the great Stoic philosopher Seneca

To give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do--but it is also the closest you can come to divinity. So argues the great Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BCE-65 CE) in his longest and most searching moral treatise, "On Benefits" (De Beneficiis). James Romm's splendid new translation of essential selections from this work conveys...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069119209X
• ISBN13: 9780691192093
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.6" x 6.9"