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Annaeus Seneca: O dobrodiních\u003c\/i\u003e pojednává o dávání, přijímání a vděčnosti i o závazcích, které dary mezi lidmi vytvářejí.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003ePřírodní vědy za Nerona\u003c\/i\u003e se věnují přírodním jevům a starověkým pokusům porozumět jejich příčinám.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eČtená vedle sebe, staví tato díla stoické ideály do blízkosti tlaků, které je podrobují zkoušce. Úvahy o sebeovládání získávají jinou váhu ve světle dramat poháněných zdrcujícími emocemi. Otázky štědrosti a milosrdenství propojují osobní rozhodnutí s veřejnou mocí. Zkoumání přírody znovu rozšiřuje obzor a zasazuje lidské záležitosti do širšího světa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTato sbírka je určena čtenářům, kteří chtějí poznat Seneku v několika literárních podobách, nejen prostřednictvím morálních výroků. 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Annaeus Seneca on Benefits, Lucius Annaeus Seneca asks how we should give help and how we should receive it. Addressing his friend Aebutius Liberalis, the Roman Stoic looks beyond the gift itself to the intention behind it. For him, these everyday exchanges bind people together—or leave them living in fear and suspicion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeneca turns a familiar complaint about ingratitude into searching questions about our own conduct. When should we give, and to whom? How can we accept help without shame? 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