On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

by Seneca

Book Overview

ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, to his father-in-law Paulinus.

★ Seneca brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it in meaningless pursuits.

★ According to the essay, nature gives man enough time to do what is really important and the individual must use time wisely.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153995191X
• ISBN13: 9781539951919
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"