Lo spazio della voluntas senecana: tra filosofia e tragedia

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_7219
dc.contributor.author	Cassan Melania
dc.title	Lo spazio della voluntas senecana: tra filosofia e tragedia
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this paper is to examine the cogency of the Senecan notion of uoluntas in the development of passion (with reference to De ira 2.4) also showing a possible ‘transposition’ of the concept within Seneca’s tragedies, precisely in the Medea and in the Phaedra. Specifically, we firstly propose to explain what characteristics are entailed by the development of the adfectus, highlighting the centrality of the notion of uoluntas non contumax. Subsequently, we rely on our analysis to present an interpretation of the famous monologues of Medea and Phaedra (Med. 937-44 and Phaed. 602-5). To reread the tragedies in light of the theoretical background refined in the De ira allows not only to further investigate the psychological mechanisms related to uoluntas but ultimately also to show a possible element of proximity between the author’s philosophical and tragic works.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis Supplements
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis Ancient Philosophy
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-12-13
dc.dateAccepted	2021-11-23
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-04-26
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-584-1/lo-spazio-della-voluntas-senecana-tra-filosofia-e/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-583-4/005
dc.identifier.issn	2210-8866
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-3362
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-584-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-583-4
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	De ira
dc.subject	Passion
dc.subject	Seneca
dc.subject	Tragedy
dc.subject	Uoluntas

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Lo spazio della voluntas senecana: tra filosofia e tragedia

Melania Cassan Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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The aim of this paper is to examine the cogency of the Senecan notion of uoluntas in the development of passion (with reference to De ira 2.4) also showing a possible ‘transposition’ of the concept within Seneca’s tragedies, precisely in the Medea and in the Phaedra. Specifically, we firstly propose to explain what characteristics are entailed by the development of the adfectus, highlighting the centrality of the notion of uoluntas non contumax. Subsequently, we rely on our analysis to present an interpretation of the famous monologues of Medea and Phaedra (Med. 937-44 and Phaed. 602-5). To reread the tragedies in light of the theoretical background refined in the De ira allows not only to further investigate the psychological mechanisms related to uoluntas but ultimately also to show a possible element of proximity between the author’s philosophical and tragic works.

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Dec. 13, 2021

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Nov. 23, 2021

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April 26, 2021

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Keywords: Passion • Tragedy • Seneca • Uoluntas • De ira

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