{"product_id":"anger-mercy-revenge-9780226748429","title":"Anger, Mercy, Revenge","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection restores Seneca--whose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson--to his rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in the humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnger, Mercy, Revenge comprises three key writings: the moral essays \u003ci\u003eOn Anger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Clemency\u003c\/i\u003e--which were penned as advice for the then young emperor, Nero--and the \u003ci\u003eApocolocyntosis\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliant satire lampooning the end of the reign of Claudius. Friend and tutor, as well as philosopher, Seneca welcomed the age of Nero in tones alternately serious, poetic, and comic--making \u003ci\u003eAnger, Mercy, Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e a work just as complicated, astute, and ambitious as its author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert A. Kaster \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of classics and the Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Princeton University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmotion, Restraint, and Community in Ancient Rome\u003c\/i\u003e, among other volumes. \u003cb\u003eMartha C. Nussbaum\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago and author of \u003ci\u003eNot for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCreating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach\u003c\/i\u003e, among other volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503135002898,"sku":"9780226748429","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9903005f-3537-4ddc-8040-ff3a017ad583.jpg?v=1730783620","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/anger-mercy-revenge-9780226748429","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}