Aldo Setaioli
Aldo Setaioli has studied classical philology at the University of Florence, Italy, with Professor Alessandro Ronconi. He taught at the University of Bologna and, as a full professor, at the University of Perugia. He is now professor emeritus. He published widely in the field of classical literature, devoting special attention to such authors as Virgil and his commentators, Horace, Seneca, Petronius, and many others, both Roman and Greek, as well as to afterlife beliefs down to late antiquity - with occasional forays into other fields. He wrote eight books and over 200 papers in Italian, English, French, and Spanish. He also translated Michael von Albrecht's "Geschichte der roemischen Literatur" and "Vergil: Eine Einfuehrung". He is a corresponding member of the "Academia Nacional de Ciencias" (Buenos Aires), and has lectured at universities and cultural institutions of many countries.
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Therefore, this book is a reference place in the context of the comparative research between Roman (and early Greek thought) and Eastern thought. Researchers interested in Cicero, Seneca, Plato, post-Platonic and post Aristotelic philosophical schools, history, ancient Roman and Chinese languages could find interesting materials in this work.