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Lucius annaeus seneca often known simply as seneca, or seneca the younger. On the shortness of life is a moral essay written by seneca the younger, a roman stoic philosopher, to his fatherinlaw paulinus. Of all the things we have, time is arguably the most precious. This part ii of a five part series about the stoic philosopher senecas work, on the shortness of life, read part i finiteness. There is nothing else in which we are only given a set amount of it. Nor is it merely the common herd and the unthinking crowd that bemoan. Written as a moral essay to his friend paulinus, senecas biting words still pack a powerful punch two thousand years later. Sasnto domingo cathedral during the sunset, oaxaca. Ebook is based on xhtml structure and supports javascript simultaneously. But then the trust fall exercise goes horribly wrong, leaving an egotistical colleague crumpled on the floorand mollys best friend suspected of murder. Lucius annaeus seneca, statesman, philosopher, advocate and man of letters, was born in spain. Life is long if you know how to use it penguin great ideas series by. He was ordered to commit suicide after being implicated in a famous plot to kill nero, though it is believed seneca was innocent. With its brash rejection of materialism, conventional lifestyles and groupthink, on the shortness of life is as relevant as ever.
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