By Lucius Seneca
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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.
This essay was translated by John W. Basore, Loeb Classical Library
London: William Heinemann, 1932.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.
This essay was translated by John W. Basore, Loeb Classical Library
London: William Heinemann, 1932. Read more
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