Júlia BUTIÑYÀ I JIMÉNEZ; Ricardo da COSTA

The Decline of Style as a Decline of the Soul in the Stoic Philosophy of Seneca the Younger (4 BC-65 AD)

A Decadência do Estilo como Decadência da Alma na Filosofia Estoica de Sêneca, o Jovem (4 a.C.-65 d.C.)

Published in The rise and fall of Western tradition

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Portuguese, Brazil

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What are the symptoms of a Culture’s decline? What are the reasons for a Civilization’s downfall? In the Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium of the philosopher Seneca the Younger (4 BC - 65 AD), there are letters (n. 114, 115) in which the Stoic master relates the decline of style to the decline of the soul, the main theme of this article.