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On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

By Lucius Seneca, James Harris
Narrated by: Scott R Smith
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ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFEis a moral essay written bySenecathe Younger, a RomanStoicphilosopher, to his father-in-law Paulinus.

¿ Senecabrings up manyStoicprinciples on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it in meaningless pursuits.

¿ According to the essay, nature gives man enough time to do what is really important and the individual must use time wisely.

¿ In general, time can be best used in the study of philosophy, according toSeneca.

¿ This essay has been carefully adapted in ...

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