Est (…) virtuti etiam in lectulo locus: una nueva forma de ejemplaridad en Sen., Ep. LXXVII Y LXXVIII
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This paper argues that in Ep. LXXVII and LXXVIII Seneca intends to use exemplary discourse critically in order to show that the moral evaluation of an action is not univocal, which leaves the door open for the possibility to conceive alternative ways of becoming an exemplary hero. Ep. LXXVIII places particular emphasis on how the capacity to overcome the physical and psychological inconveniences of a chronic illness can help the Stoic proficiens to achieve exemplary status. The autobiographical narratio situated at the beginning of this letter guides the reader’s attention to the epistolary ego as a living exemplum of what the epistula defends.
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