Download or read book The Cosmic Viewpoint written by Gareth D. Williams and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cosmic Viewpoint examines the literary and philosophical qualities essential to Seneca's art of science in his Natural Questions. Seneca's meteorological theme raises our gaze from a terrestrial level to a higher, more intuitive plane - a conceptual climb by which Seneca promotes a change of perspective in his readership towards the cosmic viewpoint.