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https://doi.org/10.31192/np.20.2.1
Seneca on the Art and Benefits of Leisure
Ivan Dodlek
orcid.org/0000-0002-6394-9577
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Katolički bogoslovni fakultet, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Nenad Malović
orcid.org/0000-0001-6986-3582
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Katolički bogoslovni fakultet, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The aim of the paper is to shed light on the ancient model of leisure derived from the writings of the Roman Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca. In line with the historical-philosophical research by Pierre Hadot – who promoted the idea that ancient philosophy should be understood primarily as a spiritual exercise for the purposes of realizing the art of living – this enlightenment will be based on the thesis that Seneca understood and practised the art of leisure as a dynamic unity of philosophical contemplation and moral-practical action founded on the virtues that ennoble and humanize the spirit. The purpose of this research is to offer an insight into Seneca’s personal contemplative experience, preserved in various places of his written legacy, as a reminder and encouragement to seek landmarks in the modern living environment. In it, as in Seneca’s time, three types of human fear can be recognized: fear of poverty, fear of disease and fear of the violence of war. Seneca’s idea and practice of the leisure of contemplation and the leisure of moral-practical action based on virtues is perceived as one of the possible ways for an anxious and frightened modern man to face those fears.
Ključne riječi
contemplation; leisure; Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Pierre Hadot; philosophy as a spiritual exercise; virtue
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280518
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Datum izdavanja:
15.7.2022.
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