On The Shortness Of Life by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

On The Shortness Of Life

Lucius Annaeus Seneca with John W. Basore (Translator)

44 pages first pub 49 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy self help challenging reflective medium-paced
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Seneca wrote his 20-sections On the Shortness of Life in 49 CE, the year he returned to Rome from his exile in Corsica, as a moral essay addressed to his friend Paulinus.

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