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A vivid new translation of Seneca’s essay on life’s brevity, plus two letters, urging us to stop squandering time and live with purpose.
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A vivid new translation of Seneca’s essay on life’s brevity, plus two letters, urging us to stop squandering time and live with purpose.
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A vibrant new translation of Seneca’s “On the Shortness of Life,” a pointed reminder to make the most of our time 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 offered one of the most famous answers to that question in his essay “On the Shortness of Life”—a work that has more to teach us today than ever...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted
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No profanity or strong language
Substance use
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Brief critiques of banquets, drinking, and idle luxury as wasted time
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Stoic philosophy on virtue, gods, nature, and a well-lived life
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft
Occult / demonology
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Satirical critique of ambition, public life, and societal time-wasting
Self-harm / suicide
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Philosophical focus on mortality and life’s end; not graphic self-harm
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