Seneca on the Illusion of a Short Life
Seneca the Younger, a prominent Stoic philosopher, argues that our lives are not inherently short, but rather we squander a significant portion of them through idleness and misdirection.
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Seneca the Younger, a prominent Stoic philosopher, argues that our lives are not inherently short, but rather we squander a significant portion of them through idleness and misdirection.
Stoicism ·
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