On the Shortness of Life - Seneca, Lucius Annaeus; Butler-Bowdon, Tom
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Take control of your time. Live your life to its full. On the Shortness of Life is one of the most enduring works of ancient philosophy. With intriguing examples and insights from his own experience at the center of Roman power, Seneca shows how it is not life's brevity that is the issue, rather our tendency to squander time in pursuit of things that bring no lasting peace or happiness. This volume also includes the essays 'On the Happy Life' and 'On Peace of Mind'. Seneca's very full and eventful life straddled the reign of five emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. An…mehr

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Take control of your time. Live your life to its full. On the Shortness of Life is one of the most enduring works of ancient philosophy. With intriguing examples and insights from his own experience at the center of Roman power, Seneca shows how it is not life's brevity that is the issue, rather our tendency to squander time in pursuit of things that bring no lasting peace or happiness. This volume also includes the essays 'On the Happy Life' and 'On Peace of Mind'. Seneca's very full and eventful life straddled the reign of five emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. An introduction from Tom Butler-Bowdon reveals the historical context for Seneca's writings, and highlights the timeless Stoic themes that he expounded and wished to live by.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome. He was also a lawyer, writer, and teacher-advisor to the young Emperor Nero. Seneca experienced great power, wealth, and fame, as well as exile and accusations of corruption. Parallel to his political life, Seneca wrote many tragedies, essays, and letters. He died in A.D. 65. Tom Butler-Bowdon is series editor of the Capstone Classics series and has written introductions to Plato's Republic, Epictetus's Discourses, Machiavelli's The Prince, and Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. A graduate of the London School of Economics, he is also the author of 50 Philosophy Classics, 50 Politics Classics, and 50 Psychology Classics.