TY - JOUR
AU - Leeman, A.D.
AB -  THE EPISTOLARY FORM OF SEN. EP. 102 BY A. D. LEEMAN 1. THE COMPOSITION OF EP. 102 The admirable and vivid introduction of the 102nd letter (§§ 1-2) gives its two principal topics: first, Seneca will answer a request by Lucilius for a refutation of a dialectical sophism about glory 3-19); then, Seneca will resume his 'dream' about the immortality of the soul, from which Lucilius' letter had 'awakened' him so cruelly (§§ 21-28). The connection between these two themes, given here as determined by the outer situation only, is strengthened as follows. The transition between the two parts (§ 20) is effected by a violent attack on the narrowness and the pusillanimity of dialectical reason- ing, which is unworthy of philosophy. It is not the base and circuitous ways of dialectics, says Seneca, but the immense cosmos, which is the true home of the human mind and the sphere of philosophy. By these words Seneca brings about a transition from the dialectical part of the letter to the theme of the liberation and the immortality of the soul, for which philosophy is the true preparation. The opposition between the characters of the two themes, which, at the 
TI - The Epistolary Form of Sen. Ep. 102
JF - Mnemosyne
DO - 10.1163/156852551X00192
DA - 1951-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/the-epistolary-form-of-sen-ep-102-GpeNIGRpri
SP - 177
EP - 181
VL - 4
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -