Seneca, reader of Epicurus. A reading of Epp. 1-29 in the light of Ep. 33

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  • Soledad Correa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34096/afc.v2i28.3958

Keywords:

Seneca, Epistulae, Epicurus, model, reading

Abstract

The recurrent Epicurean quotations in the first Epistulae of Seneca have been a cause of bewilderment among critics. Our analysis shows how the way the epistolary ego reads them ends up depriving them of their philosophical identity. If we read the first letters in the light of Ep. 33 we will find out that it is not in the field of philosophical discussion where the rivalry between Seneca and Epicurus is settled, but in the field of reading, since the epistolary ego aims to build a model reader in order to make it work in his own epistolary collection. 

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Seneca, reader of Epicurus. A reading of Epp. 1-29 in the light of Ep. 33. (2017). Anales De Filología Clásica, 2(28), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.34096/afc.v2i28.3958