Commentaire du Traite de la clemence de Seneque

by Jean Calvin and edited and translated by Pierre Ferrand and Pierre-Yves Quiviger

Book cover: Commentaire du Traite de la clemence de Seneque

Extent: 539 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Philosophy

Series: Bibliotheque de la pensee juridique

Series volume number: 8

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(November 2017)

ISBN: 9782406068235

Price: $68.00

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In 1532, Jean Calvin published a commented edition of De Clementia by Seneca. As a product of legal humanism, this work is a key document on the young Calvin. This is the first time that Calvin’s text has been translated into French and it comes in a bilingual edition. French and Latin text.


In 1532, Jean Calvin published a commented edition of De Clementia by Seneca. As a product of legal humanism, this work is a key document on the young Calvin. This is the first time that Calvin’s text has been translated into French and it comes in a bilingual edition.

  • By (author) Jean Calvin
  • Edited and translated by Pierre Ferrand
  • Edited and translated by Pierre-Yves Quiviger