In On the Shortness of Life, Seneca (4 BC – 65 AD) touches on a surprising topic: the feeling of loss of time. We have the false perception that life is short because it is determined by our way of living, full of vices and superfluous occupations...Loe edasi...
Seneca believed that life is only a journey toward death and that one must rehearse for death throughout life. Here, he tells us how to practice for death, how to die well, and how to understand the role of a good death in a good life. He stresses...Loe edasi...
Who doesn’t worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of time and preventing us from having a life? How can we make the most of our time on earth? In the first century AD, the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger offer...Loe edasi...
Seneca is one of the highest representatives of Stoicism. In fact, his work constitutes the main written source of Stoic philosophy that has survived to the present day, encompassing plays, philosophical dialogues, treatises on natural philosophy...Loe edasi...
To give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do but it is also the closest you can come to divinity. So argues the great Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BCE-65 CE) in his longest and most searching moral treatise, On Benefits (De...Loe edasi...
Essential selections from “On Anger,” presented with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, offers readers a timeless guide to avoiding and managing anger. It vividly illustrates why the emotion is so dangerous and wh...Loe edasi...
Los Tratados morales son pequenas obras, no propiamente dialogos sino ensayos sobre problemas de moral. Los temas abordados en ellos son muy variados, desde como ha de ser la clemencia de los gobernantes, hasta como debe el sabio aprovechar su tiempo...Loe edasi...
Los Tratados morales son pequenas obras, no propiamente dialogos sino ensayos sobre problemas de moral. Los temas abordados en ellos son muy variados, desde como ha de ser la clemencia de los gobernantes, hasta como debe el sabio aprovechar su tiempo...Loe edasi...
