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On Leisure: Retire The Stoic Way: Seneca's Guide to a Purposeful Retirement (De Otio)

By Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Aubrey Stewart
Unabridged — 18 minutes
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By Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Aubrey Stewart
Unabridged — 18 minutes
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When and why are you justified in withdrawing from public life? In the brief but remarkably rich essay On Leisure (De Otio), the Stoic philosopher Seneca explains his choice to withdraw from public life into contemplative retirement.
Born to a wealthy and literary family, Seneca was brought to Rome as an infant and educated in rhetoric and philosophy, he pursued a senatorial career, survived exile on a charge of adultery, and was recalled to Rome to be tutor and chief advisor to the young N...