Natural Questions

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCEOCo65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection restores SenecaOCowhose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo EmersonOCoto his rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in the humanities.Written near the end of SenecaOCOs life, "Natural Questions "is a work in which Seneca expounds and comments on the natural sciences of his dayOCorivers and earthquakes, wind and snow, meteors and cometsOCooffering us a valuable look at the ancient scientific mind at work. The modern reader will find fascinating insights into ancient philosophical and scientific approaches to the physical world and also vivid evocations of the grandeur, beauty, and terror of nature."