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De Vita Beata, De Tranquillitate Animi, De Constantia Sapientis, Ad Four Dialogues : De Vita Beata, De Tranquillitate Animi, De Constantia Sapientis, Ad Helviam Matrem de Consolatione, ISSN 0953-7961, 1994, 218 pages, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 0856685607, 9780856685606, Aris & Phillips, 1994 DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/1Os54RJ http://goo.gl/REfiQ http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=Four+Dialogues+%3A+De+Vita+Beata%2C+De+Tranquillitate+Animi%2C+De+Constantia+Sapientis%2C+Ad+Helviam+Matrem+de+Consolatione%2C+ISSN+0953-7961&x=51&y=16 The Dialogues were an important medium for the spreading of Greek philosophical theories to the Roman world and to subsequent ages. This selection is of complete, not excerpted, dialogues. The commentary concentrates on subject matter and the philosophical ideas informing the treatises, though help is also given where needed on grammatical and lexical points. 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