On the Shortness of Life, Happiness and Peace of Mind A Stoic Guide to Living Well: New Modern Translation The Seneca Trilogy - Paperback
On the Shortness of Life, Happiness and Peace of Mind A Stoic Guide to Living Well: New Modern Translation The Seneca Trilogy - Paperback
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by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Author), Ollie D. Orwell (Translator)
We are not short on time; we are just wasteful with it.
The problems of the first century-ambition, anxiety, and the relentless racing of the mind-are indistinguishable from the problems of the twenty-first. Seneca does not write as a distant academic, but as a man who lived through power, exile, and chaos.
This volume gathers three of his most essential treatises in a new accessible translation respecting Seneca's original direct style. They are not abstract philosophy; they are practical manuals for keeping your sanity.
What is included:
- On the Shortness of Life: Seneca's most famous essay. A sharp rebuke to the complaint that life is too short, arguing instead that we squander our time on things that do not matter.
- On the Happy Life: A defense of Stoicism against the pursuit of cheap pleasure. It defines happiness not as wealth or status, but as a mind that is free from fear and aligned with nature.
- On Tranquility of Mind: Written for a friend suffering from spiritual restlessness. It offers concrete advice on how to cure the "nausea" of the soul and find stability in a changing world.
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