Book III
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Book III is the missing third volume of Seneca the Younger's philosophical work "De Clementia," known only through references indicating it once continued his exploration of mercy and rulership.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman philosophical text
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lost literary work ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler | Nero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Lucius Annaeus Seneca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Seneca the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuedFrom | De Clementia Book II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | early Principate ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| extantStatus |
no direct quotations preserved
ⓘ
no surviving manuscript ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical treatise
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of lost Roman philosophical literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Roman emperor ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
ancient references
ⓘ
indirect testimony ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| originalMedium | manuscript ⓘ |
| partOf | De Clementia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| subject |
clemency
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ethics of power ⓘ imperial governance ⓘ mercy ⓘ rulership ⓘ |
| workInSeries | third volume of De Clementia ⓘ |
| workSeriesPosition | 3 ⓘ |
| workTitleInLatin | De Clementia liber III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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