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stoics19
conduct of life7
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christian life2
ethics, ancient2
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Seneca the Younger7
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (Approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D)7
L'Estrange, Roger6
L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)6
Cicero, Marcus Tullius2
Collier, Jeremy2
Collier, Jeremy (1650-1726)2
Dacier, Andre2
Dacier, Andre (1651-1722)2
Fearenside, C S (1865-1931)2

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Le ciel sur la terre, ou Discours de la vraye tranquillité de l'esprit

Hall, Joseph (1574-1656); Gosselin, Pierre

1620

First French edition of Bishop Hall's "Heaven upon earth".

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Le ciel sur la terre, ou Discours de la vraye tranquillité de l'esprit

Hall, Joseph (1574-1656); Jaquemot, Theodore

1629

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A new translation of the Morals of Seneca : in five parts... To which is prefix'd some account of the life of Seneca. Together with the opinion of the antients concerning his writings

Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Bennet, George (fl. 1745)

1745

Contents: I. Of benefits -- II. Of an happy life -- III. Of anger -- IV. Of clemency -- V. Epistles on several subjects.

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The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, his conversation with himself : together with the preliminary discourse of the learned Gataker. As also, the Emperor's life, written by Monsieur D'Acier and supported by the authorities collected by Dr. Stanhope. To which is added the mythological picture of Cebes the Theban, &c

Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome (121-180); Gataker, Thomas (1574-1654); Collier, Jeremy (1650-1726); Dacier, André (1651-1722)

1701

Book-list of R. Sare (2 pp.) at end. Page cxxv (end of the Life) is followed by "Advertisement" for Greek-Latin edition for Millington, 1697, miscatchworded "Marcus". Verso headlines in the Life r...

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The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, his conversation with himself : together with the preliminary discourse of the learned Gataker. As also, the Emperor's life, written by Monsieur D'Acier, and supported by the authorities collected by Dr. Stanhope. To which is added the mythological picture of Cebes the Theban, &c

Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome (121-180); Collier, Jeremy (1650-1726); Dacier, André (1651-1722); Gataker, Thomas (1574-1654); Cebes of Thebes

1708

The "mythological picture", probably of 1st cent. A.D. "makes no pretence to be by" Cebes; ascribed to him by a mere error -- Oxf. Class. Dict.

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Seneca's Morals by way of abstract

Lucius Annaeus Seneca; L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)

1682

Each part has a separate title-page. There is one continuous sequence of signatures through the book. The preliminaries of part 2 form a separate gathering of four leaves inserted after leaf I[1]. ...

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Seneca's morals, by way of abstract

Lucius Annaeus Seneca; L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)

1678

First edition. Part 2 has title: Seneca's morals of a happy life; of anger and clemency. Contents: Life and death -- Of benefits; Of a happy life -- of anger and clemency; The third, and last part...

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Physics of the Stoics

Sambursky, Samuel (1900-)

1959

Bibliography: pages 146-147. - Includes indexes.

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Stoics and saints : lectures on the later heathen moralists, and on some aspects of the life of the mediæval church

Brown, James Baldwin (1820-1884); Brown, Mrs Elizabeth Baldwin

1893

"Note by the editor" signed: E. B. B. [i.e. Elizabeth Baldwin Brown].

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To tou Epiktētou Encheiridion : ex editione Joannis Upton accurate expressum

Epictetus; Upton, John (1707-1760)

MDCCLVIII [1758]

The first four words are transliterated from the Greek. The Greek text is followed by the Latin translation. Signatures: A-D⁸ E² F-G⁸ H². Indexed in: ESTC,

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