02784cam a2200325 i 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022010001700063020003000080020002700110035002200137050002500159100005900184245013000243246001300373260005300386300001800439490003800457500003900495520161800534600006702152650003202219700001902251740001202270830003902282942001202321952011002333999001502443on1051136439OCoLCta210315s2019    nju           000 0 eng c  a  2018953760  a9780691181950 (hardcover)  a0691181950 (hardcover)  a(OCoLC)1051136439  aPA6665.D45bR66 20191 aSeneca, Lucius Annaeus, dapproximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.10aHow to keep your cool :ban ancient guide to anger management /cSeneca ; selected, translated, and introduced by James Romm.13aOn anger  aPrinceton :bPrinceton University Press,cc2019.  axviii, 220 p.1 aAncient wisdom for modern readers  aLatin and English on facing pages.  aTimeless wisdom on controlling anger in personal life and politics from the Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman Seneca. In his essay "On Anger" (De Ira), the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD) argues that anger is the most destructive passion: "No plague has cost the human race more dear." This was proved by his own life, which he barely preserved under one wrathful emperor, Caligula, and lost under a second, Nero. This splendid new translation of essential selections from "On Anger," presented with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, offers readers a timeless guide to avoiding and managing anger. It vividly illustrates why the emotion is so dangerous and why controlling it would bring vast benefits to individuals and society. Drawing on his great arsenal of rhetoric, including historical examples (especially from Caligula's horrific reign), anecdotes, quips, and soaring flights of eloquence, Seneca builds his case against anger with mounting intensity. Like a fire-and-brimstone preacher, he paints a grim picture of the moral perils to which anger exposes us, tracing nearly all the world's evils to this one toxic source. But he then uplifts us with a beatific vision of the alternate path, a path of forgiveness and compassion that resonates with Christian and Buddhist ethics. Seneca's thoughts on anger have never been more relevant than today, when uncivil discourse has increasingly infected public debate. Whether seeking personal growth or political renewal, readers will find, in Seneca's wisdom, a valuable antidote to the ills of an angry age.14aSeneca, Lucius Annaeus,dapproximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.tDe ira. 4aAngerxEarly works to 1800.1 aRomm, James S.3 aDe ira. 0aAncient wisdom for modern readers.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oPA6665.D45 R66 2019pPNLIB21061641r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c1828d1828