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    The Essential Seneca on Time, Focus, and Living Deliberately

    Series series TIL Classics
    Seneca's On the Shortness of Life and 27 essential Stoic letters, in one annotated edition for modern readers.You do not have too little time. You waste too much of it. That is the argument Seneca made nearly two thousand years ago, and it lands harder today than it did in Rome. On the Shortness of Life is one of the most direct books ever written on time, focus, and attention, and the clearest ... Read more

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  • Seneca's Letters from a Stoic

    As chief advisor to the emperor Nero, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was most influential in ancient Rome as a power behind the throne. His lasting fame derives from his writings on Stoic ideology, in which philosophy is a practical form of self-improvement rather than a matter of argument or wordplay. Seneca's letters to a young friend advise action rather than reflection, addressing the issues that ... Read more

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  • On the Shortness of Life

    by Seneca ...
    Translated by John W. Basore ...
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  • On The Shortness of Life

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    Series series Arcturus Stoic Classics
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  • Letters from a Stoic

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  • On the shortness of life

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  • Stoic Six Pack 2 (Illustrated)

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    "To relax the mind is to lose it."Stoic Six Pack 2 brings together six more essential texts for students of Stoicism:Consolations from a Stoic by SenecaOn the Shortness of Life by SenecaLectures and Fragments of Musonius RufusEthical Fragments by HieroclesMeditations in Verse by Marcus Aurelius and James BlakeThe Stoics by Diogenes LaërtiusIn addition to these six books there is also:*Two ... ... Read more

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    Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It

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    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca, who lived from c. 5 BC to AD 65, offer powerful insights into the art of living, the importance of reason and morality, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity and timeless wisdom.This selection of Seneca's works was taken from the Penguin Classics edition of Dialogues and Letters, translated by C.D.N. Costa, ... Read more

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