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On the Shortness of Life (Unabridged) by Lucius Annaeus SENECA

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On the Shortness of Life (Unabridged)

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by Lucius Annaeus SENECA

Length 1 hour 35 minutes

Language English

Narrators Jorge Petty, Jessica Willimas, Loretta Parra & Joe Martin

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De Brevitate Vitae (English: On the Shortness of Life) is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, sometime around the year 49 AD, to his father-in-law Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that people waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives people enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly. In general, time is best used by living in the present moment in pursuit of the intentional, purposeful life.

Science & Technology Philosophy Nonfiction

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C–A.D. 65) was a Roman statesman, Stoic philosopher, and dramatist. He served as an advisor to Nero; upon his implication in a plot to assassinate the emperor, he was compelled to commit suicide --This text refers to the paperback edition.