Riflessioni sul concetto di natura in Lucio Anneo Seneca

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dc.contributor.author	Cassan Melania
dc.title	Riflessioni sul concetto di natura in Lucio Anneo Seneca
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this short paper is to highlight nature’s central role in the constitution and progress of human morality, by analysing nature’s multiple characters as displayed in various sections of Seneca’s work. First, the focus will extend to man’s fundamental propensity to good, which belongs to him by nature. Secondly, a virtuous and happy life will be presented as the life led according to nature. In conclusion, research on natural phenomena will be accounted for, as a building block towards moral perfection. The relationship between all the previous traits, mentioned in the cited passages, constitutes the heart of Seneca’s ethical naturalism.
dc.relation.ispartof	Philosophica
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2019-07-27
dc.dateAccepted	2019-02-25
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-02-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-325-0/riflessioni-sul-concetto-di-natura-in-lucio-anneo/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-325-0/005
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8933
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-8925
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-326-7
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-325-0
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ethics
dc.subject	Ethics
dc.subject	Naturalism
dc.subject	Naturalism
dc.subject	Nature
dc.subject	Nature
dc.subject	Seneca
dc.subject	Seneca
dc.subject	Virtue
dc.subject	Virtue

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Riflessioni sul concetto di natura in Lucio Anneo Seneca

Melania Cassan Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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The aim of this short paper is to highlight nature’s central role in the constitution and progress of human morality, by analysing nature’s multiple characters as displayed in various sections of Seneca’s work. First, the focus will extend to man’s fundamental propensity to good, which belongs to him by nature. Secondly, a virtuous and happy life will be presented as the life led according to nature. In conclusion, research on natural phenomena will be accounted for, as a building block towards moral perfection. The relationship between all the previous traits, mentioned in the cited passages, constitutes the heart of Seneca’s ethical naturalism.

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July 27, 2019

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Feb. 25, 2019

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Feb. 5, 2019

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978-88-6969-326-7

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978-88-6969-325-0

Keywords: Ethics • Virtue • Seneca • Naturalism • Nature

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