The topic of the whims of fortune is widespread throughout the ancient tradition and becomes very popular in schools of rhetoric. However, both in the case of the human being who adapts itself to the divine will, and in the case that it firmly endures and strongly fights the attacks of fortune, the proper aim of the philosopher is not so much that one of finding a logical justification to the cosmic order, as that of show the self-sufficiency of the wise who do not yield and stay impassive in the face of external circumstances
SENECA E L’INSTABILITÀ DELLA FORTUNA
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2020-01-01
Abstract
The topic of the whims of fortune is widespread throughout the ancient tradition and becomes very popular in schools of rhetoric. However, both in the case of the human being who adapts itself to the divine will, and in the case that it firmly endures and strongly fights the attacks of fortune, the proper aim of the philosopher is not so much that one of finding a logical justification to the cosmic order, as that of show the self-sufficiency of the wise who do not yield and stay impassive in the face of external circumstancesFile in questo prodotto:
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