Drunkenness and Philosophical Enthusiasm in Seneca's De Tranquillitate Animi.

The paper revisits Seneca's endorsement of wine-drinking as a remedy for mental anxiety in De Tranquillitate Animi (17.4-12). Although the locus has been often interpreted as Seneca's endorsement of Platonic enthusiasm, we argue that Seneca does not deviate from the Stoic rejection of drunkenness (e...

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Publicado en:Scripta Classica Israelica Vol. 39; pp. 1 - 20
Autores principales: Anagnostou-Laoutides, Eva, van Wassenhove, Bart
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Publicado: Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies 2020
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