This paper offers a close reading of Seneca’s De otio 8, providing some evidence for the theory according to which it would repre-sent the ending of the dialogue: it summons and deepens several motifs hinted at in the previous chapters; it alludes to the opening of Cicero’s De re publica; it deals with the shipwreck metaphor, a seminal image in Seneca’s prose works. Furthermore, the quoted historical examples – Socrates, Aristoteles and Hannibal, unjustly prosecuted by their own fellow citizens – may suggest a political reading of the passage, in the light of a self-defence.
L'articolo presenta una lettura del capitolo 8 del De otio di Seneca, argomentando a favore che questo costituisca la fine del dialogo e analizzando le implicazioni politiche degli esempi storici e della metafora del naufragio
La navigazione impossibile. Lettura del cap. 8 del De otio / Berno, FRANCESCA ROMANA. - In: LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA. - ISSN 2785-2849. - 4:(2024), pp. 233-258. [10.13133/2785-2849/3005]
La navigazione impossibile. Lettura del cap. 8 del De otio
Francesca Romana Berno
2024
Abstract
This paper offers a close reading of Seneca’s De otio 8, providing some evidence for the theory according to which it would repre-sent the ending of the dialogue: it summons and deepens several motifs hinted at in the previous chapters; it alludes to the opening of Cicero’s De re publica; it deals with the shipwreck metaphor, a seminal image in Seneca’s prose works. Furthermore, the quoted historical examples – Socrates, Aristoteles and Hannibal, unjustly prosecuted by their own fellow citizens – may suggest a political reading of the passage, in the light of a self-defence.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
