Chapter Seneca: otium filosofico e mondo delle occupationes

The essay considers the anthropological architecture of Seneca’s thought. It investigates the relationship between leisure (otium) and the world of occupations, in which we could include work. As a contemplative activity, leisure is first and foremost an end in itself. However, it is not a separate...

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Autore principale: Totaro, Francesco
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Lingua:italiano
Pubblicazione: Firenze University Press 2025
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1500072025-07-21T15:45:30Z Chapter Seneca: otium filosofico e mondo delle occupationes Totaro, Francesco leisure occupations contemplation life wisdom thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history The essay considers the anthropological architecture of Seneca’s thought. It investigates the relationship between leisure (otium) and the world of occupations, in which we could include work. As a contemplative activity, leisure is first and foremost an end in itself. However, it is not a separate dimension, because it can give meaning to the totality of action and being, therefore to all the moments of life. It is an antidote to the waste and alienation of time caused by its fragmentation. To fully live the temporal dimension, it is necessary connecting its moments with a ‘meta-temporal’ dimension. Wisdom offers us the criteria of discernment of human and divine things. The task of the right reason (recta ratio), which has as its goal the condition of bliss, is to lead all the other arts to itself, showing them the way. 2025-01-19T07:55:17Z 2025-01-19T07:55:17Z 2024-12-20T12:29:04Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20241220_9791221503197_65 2704-5919 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96269 9791221503197 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150007 ita Studi e saggi open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96269/1/40949.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.14 10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.14 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221503197 10 Florence open access
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Totaro, Francesco
Chapter Seneca: otium filosofico e mondo delle occupationes
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