How to Have a Life
By
Seneca
Read by
Esther Wane
Release:
10/18/2022
Release:
10/18/2022
Release:
10/18/2022
Runtime:
1h 26m
Runtime:
1h 26m
Runtime:
1h 26m
Unabridged
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“Life is neither too short nor too long. It is what it is. What matters is what we make of it, as this superb new translation of Seneca by James Romm clearly illustrates.”
Massimo Pigliucci, author of How to Be a Stoic
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 before. In How to Have a Life, James Romm presents a vibrant new translation of Seneca's brilliant essay, plus two Senecan letters on the same theme, complete with an inviting introduction.
With devastating satiric wit, skillfully captured in this translation, Seneca lampoons the ways we squander our time and fail to realize how precious it is. We don't allow people to steal our money, yet we allow them to plunder our time, or else we give it away ourselves in useless, idle pursuits. Seneca also describes how we can make better use of our brief days and years. In the process, he argues, we can make our lives longer, or even everlasting, because to live a real life is to attain a kind of immortality.
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 before. In How to Have a Life, James Romm presents a vibrant new translation of Seneca's brilliant essay, plus two Senecan letters on the same theme, complete with an inviting introduction.
With devastating satiric wit, skillfully captured in this translation, Seneca lampoons the ways we squander our time and fail to realize how precious it is. We don't allow people to steal our money, yet we allow them to plunder our time, or else we give it away ourselves in useless, idle pursuits. Seneca also describes how we can make better use of our brief days and years. In the process, he argues, we can make our lives longer, or even everlasting, because to live a real life is to attain a kind of immortality.
Release:
2022-10-18
2022-10-18
2022-10-18
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
1h 26m
1h 26m
1h 26m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.35 lb
0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781696609562
9798212250894
9798212250856
Publisher:
Highbridge Audio
Highbridge Audio
Highbridge Audio
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