Seneca hypocrita? Previous ethos and self-fashioning in Epistulae Morales (Sen., Epp.1-29)

  • Soledad Correa Conicet - Universidad de Buenos Aires

Keywords:

Seneca, Epistulae, hypocrisy, previous ethos, self-fashioning

Abstract

Taking into account thatthe inconsistencies between what we know about Seneca’s life and his philosophical tenets has been regarded as a central issue for the exegesis of the text, the present paper will try to show that the self-portrait that the epistolary ego presents in the first three books of the collection, and, additionally, the issues that these books thematize, aim at a redefinition, rectification or consolidation of certain aspects of Seneca’s previous ethos, as far as it is possible to reconstruct it from Tacitus’ account.

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Published

2018-03-12