On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

De Brevitate Vitae (frequently referred to as On the Shortness of Life in English) is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, to his father-in-law Paulinus. The philoso…

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