Join us for On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
We’re delighted to announce that registration is now open for the forthcoming Plato’s Academy Centre virtual event On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness. Registration is free of charge; donations are welcome. Don’t worry if you’re in another time zone as recordings will be available afterwards. Also, register now to be entered for a chance to win in our special book giveaway — details to be announced soon!
I will be hosting the event, along with my friend, Anya Leonard, of . So who is speaking?
David Fideler, the author of recent self-help bestseller, Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living
Prof. James Romm, author of the biography, Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero, and translator of the self-help books for Princeton’s Ancient Wisdom series: How to Die, How to Give, and How to Keep your Cool, which are based on Seneca’s works
Prof. Christopher Star, author of The Empire of the Self: Self-Command and Political Speech in Seneca and Petronius
Lalya Lloyd, classicist and translator of a forthcoming edition of Seneca’s On Tranquillity
Prof. Margaret Graver, author of Stoicism and Emotion and Seneca: The Literary Philosopher
We think you’ll agree that’s already an amazing program, but we’re still confirming additional speakers. So stay tuned!
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