By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Letters From a Stoic: On the Shortness of Life (De Brevitate Vitae in Latin) is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, to his friend Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it on empty pursuits. Seneca asserts that nature gives man enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly. According to Seneca, time is best used in the study of philosophy.
Letters from a Stoic: On the Shortness of Life is recommended reading by Timothy Ferriss, the bestselling author of the Four-Hour Workweek and Four-Hour Body.
This essay is annotated with biographical notes on the life of Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
This essay is often considered one of the classical essays on Stoicism and Stoic philosophy, and is often suggested reading alongside the writings of the Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
This essay was translated by John W. Basore, Loeb Classical Library
London: William Heinemann, 1932.
Quotes of Lucius Annaeus Seneca:
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.
As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
Letters From a Stoic: On the Shortness of Life (De Brevitate Vitae in Latin) is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, to his friend Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it on empty pursuits. Seneca asserts that nature gives man enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly. According to Seneca, time is best used in the study of philosophy.
Letters from a Stoic: On the Shortness of Life is recommended reading by Timothy Ferriss, the bestselling author of the Four-Hour Workweek and Four-Hour Body.
This essay is annotated with biographical notes on the life of Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
This essay is often considered one of the classical essays on Stoicism and Stoic philosophy, and is often suggested reading alongside the writings of the Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
This essay was translated by John W. Basore, Loeb Classical Library
London: William Heinemann, 1932.
Quotes of Lucius Annaeus Seneca:
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.
As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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