Book ID: CBB509190122

Metaphorical Coherence : Studies in Seneca's Epistulae Morales (2015)

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Earlier research has treated the metaphors and similes in Seneca’s Epistulae Morales too much as separate units. In this study, Dr Aron Sjöblad argues that we rather ought to concentrate on the way they interact with each other. In the first chapter, Sjöblad demonstrates that a single source domain, the human body, unites many of the metaphors that have been treated as distinct groups in earlier research. In chapter two, it is showed that the Stoic idea of a psychological defense wall around the human soul is closely connected to the metaphors where Seneca makes use of theatre, slavery, and money. In chapter three, Sjöblad explores the intricate relation between the iter vitae and the iter ad sapientiam metaphors and makes it plain that new meaning emerges when we study the interplay between them.

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Review Harry Hine (2018) Review of "Metaphorical Coherence : Studies in Seneca's Epistulae Morales". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (pp. 80-84). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Aelianus, Claudius
Grothoff, Kyle
Shinnar, Shulamit
Laes, Christian
Jason Morris
Leach, Eleanor
Concepts
Medicine
Stoicism
Science and culture
Mathematics
Astronomy
Metaphors; analogies
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
7th century
Places
Roman Empire
Rome (Italy)
Greece
Roman Republic
Mediterranean region
Palestine
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