Seneca

"So it we are not given a short life but we are wasteful of it... Life is long if you know how to use it." "But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future." "We must indulge the mind and from time to time allow it the leisure which is its food and strength." "Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age." On the Shortness of Life is Seneca's best-known work. It offers piercing and profound insights into human nature, and a vision of the good life, summarised in his aphorism, "Life is long, if you know how to use it." Seneca elucidates many of the principles of modern productivity manuals, including the wise valuing of " People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy,"­ living in the "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today," "There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living," and rest and "We must go for walks out of doors, so that the mind can be strengthened and invigorated by a clear sky and plenty of fresh air. At times it will acquire fresh energy from a journey by carriage and a change of scene, or from socializing and drinking freely." Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC - AD 65), also known as Seneca the Younger, was a Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist. He was the leading intellectual in the mid-first century and was a trusted advisor to the Emperor Nero. Seneca's books are among the most important primary texts of Stoic philosophy. His literary style and ideas were renowned and influential in his time, and ever since. The reformer Calvin published a commentary on one of Seneca's works, while the Catholic philosopher, Erasmus, edited a volume of Seneca. In today's uncertain world, there is a resurgence of interest in Stoic philosophy and Seneca's body of work. The Shortness of Life , a brief, accessible and carefully argued guide to a wise and full life is an essential classic. Stoic philosophy is, above all, practical. It uses reason and the careful observation of human life to address the problems of daily life. It is also universal-the emperor Marcus Aurelius and the freed slave Epictetus were both prominent Stoic philosophers. In recent years, Stoic philosophy has provided invaluable life lessons to people in all spheres of life including prisoners of war and Holocaust survivors, psychiatrists, and those in the business world. Indeed, modern Stoic thought "hold[s] fascinating promise for business and government leaders tackling global problems in a turbulent, post-recession slump," ( Forbes) .

Like the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca’s Letters are a treasure of practical wisdom on how to live and enjoy life. The focus is on living a simple, stress-free life thorough the use of rationalism. The letters provide practical steps for people to deal with the human suffering that comes with life’s problems. Topics featured range from discussions on the shortness of life and anger to immortality and death. The Letters are part of the foundation of Stoic thought making Seneca one of the indispensable thinkers from Ancient Roman philosophy. Although Stoicism is not now as widely practiced as it once was, many people can still find wisdom and inspiration through Seneca's words and letters. “In the last three years, I’ve begun to explore one philosophical system in particular: Stoicism. Through my preferred Stoic writer, Lucius Seneca, I’ve found it to be a simple and immensely practical set of rules for better results with less effort.” Timothy Ferriss, author of Four Hour Workweek. *Includes link to free audio recording of the Letters. *Image gallery. *Special low price.

Included in this volume are the dialogues On the Shortness of Life and On Tranquility of Mind , which are eloquent classic statements of Stoic ideals of fortitude and self-reliance. This selection also features extracts from Natural Questions , Seneca's exploration of such phenomena as the cataracts of the Nile and earthquakes, and the Consolation of Helvia , in which he tenderly tries to soothe his mother's pain at their separation.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Timeless wisdom on controlling anger in personal life and politics from the Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman SenecaIn his essay "On Anger" (De Ira), the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD) argues that anger is the most destructive passion: "No plague has cost the human race more dear." This was proved by his own life, which he barely preserved under one wrathful emperor, Caligula, and lost under a second, Nero. This splendid new translation of essential selections from "On Anger," presented with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, offers readers a timeless guide to avoiding and managing anger. It vividly illustrates why the emotion is so dangerous and why controlling it would bring vast benefits to individuals and society.Drawing on his great arsenal of rhetoric, including historical examples (especially from Caligula's horrific reign), anecdotes, quips, and soaring flights of eloquence, Seneca builds his case against anger with mounting intensity. Like a fire-and-brimstone preacher, he paints a grim picture of the moral perils to which anger exposes us, tracing nearly all the world's evils to this one toxic source. But he then uplifts us with a beatific vision of the alternate path, a path of forgiveness and compassion that resonates with Christian and Buddhist ethics.Seneca's thoughts on anger have never been more relevant than today, when uncivil discourse has increasingly infected public debate. Whether seeking personal growth or political renewal, readers will find, in Seneca's wisdom, a valuable antidote to the ills of an angry age.

Ahl's translations of three Senecan tragedies will gratify and challenge readers and performers. With stage performance specifically in mind, Ahl renders Seneca's dramatic force in a modern idiom and style that move easily between formality and colloquialism as the text demands, and he strives to reproduce the richness of the original Latin, to retain the poetic form, images, wordplays, enigmas, paradoxes, and dark humor of Seneca's tragedies.In this powerful and imaginative translation of Medea, Frederick Ahl retains the compelling effects of the monologues, as well as the special feeling and pacing of Seneca's choruses.

Sobre uma vida feliz, de Séneca, oferece conselhos essenciais sobre como alcançar a verdadeira felicidade. Neste poderoso ensaio, o filósofo estoico revela que a alegria duradoura não vem da riqueza, do estatuto ou do sucesso externo, mas da paz interior, do autocontrolo e da vida virtuosa. Séneca questiona a busca pelo prazer e pelos bens materiais, sublinhando que encontramos a verdadeira felicidade quando nos alinhamos com a natureza e vivemos com propósito. Com ideias práticas para os leitores modernos, esta obra mostra como encontrar o contentamento, ultrapassar o stress e levar uma vida plena através do poder da razão e da integridade moral.

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor the body.”- Seneca.Peace of Mind (De Tranquillitate Animi) is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger during the years 49 to 62 A.D. It concerns the state of mind of Seneca's friend Annaeus Serenus, and how to cure Serenus of anxiety, worry and disgust with life.For the modern reader, this short, powerful work offers insight into how to think like a Stoic. It is a road-map for guiding the mind to, in Seneca’s words, “always pursue a steady, unruffled course… be pleased with itself, and look with pleasure upon its surroundings, and experience no interruption of this joy, but abide in a peaceful condition without being ever either elated or depressed.”This new digital edition of De Tranquillitate Animi includes an image gallery.

“It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die,” wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC–65 AD). He counseled readers to “study death always,” and took his own advice, returning to the subject again and again in all his writings, yet he never treated it in a complete work. How to Die gathers in one volume, for the first time, Seneca’s remarkable meditations on death and dying. Edited and translated by James Romm, How to Die reveals a provocative thinker and dazzling writer who speaks with a startling frankness about the need to accept death or even, under certain conditions, to seek it out.Seneca believed that life is only a journey toward death and that one must rehearse for death throughout life. Here, he tells us how to practice for death, how to die well, and how to understand the role of a good death in a good life. He stresses the universality of death, its importance as life’s final rite of passage, and its ability to liberate us from pain, slavery, or political oppression.Featuring beautifully rendered new translations, How to Die also includes an enlightening introduction, notes, the original Latin texts, and an epilogue presenting Tacitus's description of Seneca's grim suicide.

Roma’nın belki de en tartışmalı imparatorlarından Nero’nun eğitmenliğini yapmış, Roma’nın o çetin ve katlanılması zor dönemlerinde Stoa felsefesine sığınıp ahlâk üzerine pek çok eser vermiş olan Lucius Annaeus Seneca bu eserinde ‘tutkuların en kötüsü’ olarak nitelediği öfkenin kaynağını, türlerini ve çarelerini araştırıyor. İnsanların kötülüğe olan meylinin ancak mantık yoluyla dizginlenebileceğini savunan Seneca, öfke kontrolünde de mantık yürütme sonucunda ortaya çıkması gereken yüce gönüllülüğü, hoşgörüyü ve telkinleri ön plana çıkarıyor. Romalı bir yazarın tüm insanlığı ilgilendiren bir sorun olan öfke üzerine yazdığı bu eser, evrensel çapta uygulanabilecek pek çok öğüdü de içermektedir:“Kısa süre sonra şu son nefesimizi vereceğiz. Bu anda, henüz nefes alıp verirken, henüz insanların arasındayken insanlığı onurlandıralım. Kimseye korku salmayalım, kimse için tehlike arz etmeyelim, kayıplarımızı, uğradığımız haksızlıkları, suiistimalleri, sataşmaları hiçe sayalım ve zaten kısa ömürlü olan aksiliklere yüce gönüllülükle katlanalım. Dedikleri gibi, biz hesap kitap yapıp kaygılanmakla meşgul olurken ölüm her an bizi bulabilir.”

Ahl's translations of three Senecan tragedies will gratify and challenge readers and performers. With stage performance specifically in mind, Ah1 renders Seneca's dramatic force in a modern idiom and style that move easily between formality and colloquialism as the text demands, and he strives to reproduce the richness of the original Latin, to retain the poetic form, images, wordplays, enigmas, paradoxes, and dark humor of Seneca's tragedies.Here is a moving and accomplished translation of this complex play dealing the the violent passions stirred by innocence and beauty and the terrible power of ideology, hatred, and misunderstanding.

Bu kitap Seneca'nın D Vita Beata (Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine) ve De Brevitate Vitae (Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzerine) adlı eserlerinin çevirilerini içermektedir. Seneca (MÖ 4’e doğru-MS 65): Devlet adamı ve filozofluğunun yanı sıra Roma tarihinin en önemli söylev ustalarından ve tragedya yazarlarından biridir. Babasının bir siyaset adamı ve hatip olarak yetiştirmek istediği Seneca, bir süre devlet işleriyle uğraştı ve sonunda kendisini en sevdiği işe, yani felsefeye adadı. Stoacı öğretileri içeren çok sayıda düşünce metni, mektup ve tragedya yazdı. Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine ve Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzerine’de Seneca doğaya uyumlu yaşama mecburiyetini çeşitli açılardan ve yaşadığı dönemden örnekler vererek ele alır. İlham verici bu iki metin, Stoacılığın Roma döneminde nasıl bir yaşam anlayışını salık verdiğine dair soruların yanıtlarını da barındırır.

This superb volume offers the finest translation of Seneca's dialogues and essays in print, capturing the full range of his philosophical interests. Here the Stoic philosopher outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. Tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote exercises in practical philosophy that draw upon contemporary Roman life and illuminate the intellectual concerns of the day. They also have much to say to the modern reader, as Seneca ranges widely across subjects such as the shortness of life, tranquility of mind, anger, mercy, happiness, and grief at the loss of a loved one. Seneca's accessible, aphoristic style makes his writing especially attractive as an introduction to Stoic philosophy, and belies its reputation for austerity and dogmatism.This edition combines a clear and modern translation by John Davies with Tobias Reinhardt's fascinating introduction to Seneca's career, literary style, and influence, including a superb summary of Stoic philosophy and Seneca's interpretation of it. The book's notes are the fullest of any comparable edition.De Providentia, De Ira, Ad Helviam matrem De consolatione, De Vita Beata, De Tranquillitate Animi, De Brevitate Vitæ, Ad Marciam De consolatione, De Clemantia, Naturales quaestiones book 6 On Earthquakes.

Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse hanging over two feuding brothers, while Phaedra portrays a woman tormented by fatal passion for her stepson. In The Trojan Women, the widowed Hecuba and Andromache await their fates at the hands of the conquering Greeks, and Oedipus follows the downfall of the royal House of Thebes. Octavia is a grim commentary on Nero's tyrannical rule and the execution of his wife, with Seneca himself appearing as an ineffective counsellor attempting to curb the atrocities of the emperor.

Volumul cuprinde două dialoguri: Despre scurtimea vieţii. Despre viaţa fericită. Traduceri de Ioana Costa, Vichi-Eugenia Dumitru, Ştefania Ferchedău. Volumul deschide colecţia intitulată „În DOI” – „În Doi” pentru că sunt dialoguri; pentru că seria este făcută de doi (primul este filosoful roman Seneca, al doilea este tânărul student român la Arte); şi pentru că în faţa cărţii rămân, în cele din urmă, doi – Autorul şi Cititorul. Volumul include cele două dialoguri care te îndeamnă să nu uiţi că Tu eşti beneficiarul final al vieţii şi al timpului tău. Ilustraţii de Ştefan Procopie, Sasha Staicu şi Andrei-Florin Maceşanu, studenţi la Universitatea Naţională de Arte Bucureşti.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BCE, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service. After some disgrace during Claudius' reign he became tutor and then, in 54 CE, advising minister to Nero, some of whose worst misdeeds he did not prevent. Involved (innocently?) in a conspiracy, he killed himself by order in 65. Wealthy, he preached indifference to wealth; evader of pain and death, he preached scorn of both; and there were other contrasts between practice and principle.We have Seneca's philosophical or moral essays (ten of them traditionally called Dialogues)--on providence, steadfastness, the happy life, anger, leisure, tranquility, the brevity of life, gift-giving, forgiveness--and treatises on natural phenomena. Also extant are 124 epistles, in which he writes in a relaxed style about moral and ethical questions, relating them to personal experiences; a skit on the official deification of Claudius, "Apocolocyntosis" (in Loeb number 15); and nine rhetorical tragedies on ancient Greek themes. Many epistles and all his speeches are lost.The 124 epistles are collected in Volumes IV-VI of the Loeb Classical Library's ten-volume edition of Seneca.

Seneca's Thyestes

Lucio Anneo Séneca (4 a.C.-65 d.C.) ejerce una influencia permanente en la literatura y filosofía occidentales. Su amplia obra contiene una formulación incisiva y relevante de las ideas del estoicismo, y desde la antigüedad constituye uno de los modelos más destacados del canon ensayístico de las letras universales. Este volumen reúne tres tratados-De brevitate vitae, compuesto en el año 49, De vita beata, escrito hacia 58, y De otio, datado alrededor de 62-que examinan algunas de las cuestiones cruciales de la ética de todos los tiempos: la relación del placer con la virtud, la búsqueda de la felicidad, el concepto de naturaleza aplicado al ideal humano, la supremacía de la razón, el empleo del tiempo y la dignidad del retiro. El estilo senequiano representa un momento cumbre del diálogo en la tradición filosófica y literaria, donde el lector es invitado a ser interlocutor de una particular conversación sobre el arte de vivir que fue objeto de admiración para autores como Erasmo, Montaigne, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche o Cioran.

In The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca, representative selections from Seneca's writings offer the reader an excellent introduction to the range of his work.The selections are drawn from the essays, or dialogues, and the "Consolations;" from the treatises, of which "On Clemency," addressed to the young Nero, is included here; and from the Letters to Lucilius, which have to do not only with philosophical subjects but also with Seneca's personal experiences, such as journeys and visits.Moses Hadas has selected letters and essays which reveal Seneca's major philosophical themes—the relationship of the individual to society and to the gods; the meaning of pain and misfortune; man's attitudes to change, time, and death; and the nature of the highest good and of the happy life. In his Introduction, Professor Hadas discusses Seneca's life and work, tracing the history of his reputation; comments on Seneca's style; and outlines the origins and tenets of Stoicism.De Providentia, De Brevitate Vitæ, De Tranquillitate Animi, Ad Helviam matrem De consolatione, De Clementia, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (selection))

This free and eloquent translation skillfully reproduces the imagery, power, and frequent irony and sarcasm of Seneca's language.

Peut-on être philosophe dans n'importe quelle société et dans n'importe quelle situation? Ou, plus précisément, peut-on philosopher quand on est l'homme le plus riche de son temps? Peut-on philosopher quand on est pris dans les obligations de la vie sociale? Ces interrogations sont peut-être les avatars d'une question plus fondamentale, celle du rapport de la philosophie au pouvoir politique - question qui ne pouvait manquer de passionner Sénèque, philosophe stoïcien, homme fabuleusement riche et précepteur de l'empereur Néron. Traductions par José Kany - Turpin et Pierre Pellegrin Couverture: Illustration Virginie Berthemet.

Cautam liniste, dar ea se afla in noi - in spiritualitatea noastra. Asemenea unui muschi, calitatile sufletului se dezvolta doar prin exercitii permanente. Suntem inzestrati cu aceleasi grupe de muschi, dar fiecare dintre noi le folosim la un potential diferit. Lectura volumului este un astfel exercitiu, cu ajutorul caruia se formeaza un spatiu spiritual interior, capabil sa transmita liniste si tarie. Dialogurile sunt adresate Omului care toata viata invata sa traiasca.

The Gourdification of Claudius the God has instant and lasting appeal. It is a uniquely surviving specimen of prose-and-verse satire from the Roman world - and satire, a Roman speciality, is one of the few types of ancient literature to survive, and thrive, in modern society. Its author, Seneca, was not only gifted with intellectual virtuosity, but, at the time of writing, was the precarious power behind the throne of the dangerously developing Nero. Claudius, the target of his malicious wit, remains the most controversial of the first twelve imperial Caesars. The English version facing the text makes the work available to the general reader who may not have any Latin. The text, which is based on a critical examination of all the manuscripts, will be indispensable to scholars. The commentary, which is the first on this scale to have been written in English, is primarily addressed to university and other students.

Stoa felsefesinin Fortuna (Talih), Fatum (Kader) ve Providentia (Tanrısal Öngörü) kavramları üzerine, antikçağdan elimize geçen en önemli metinlerden birisi olan De Providentia, retorik sanatının incelikleriyle örülü üslubuyla her şeyden önce klasik bir edebiyat metnidir. İçeriğinin Stoik ahlak ilkeleriyle döşeli oluşu, tanrı ve insan ilişkilerinin ayrıntılı olarak sorgulanması, iyi ve kötü değerlerinin açık ve seçik ifadelerle aydınlatılması, yaşam ve ölüm kavramlarına yaklaşımı açısından değerlendirildiğinde, bu eser Roma'dan günümüze kalan örnek bir ahlak felsefesi metni özelliği kazanır. İnsan zihni evreni, tanrıyı, insanı, iyiliği, kötülüğü, doğayı, kaderi, talihi, talihsizliği, sabretmeyi, yaşamı, ölümü sorguladıkça, satırlarında edebiyatla felsefeyi buluşturan De Providentia samimi diliyle ona sonsuza değin ışık tutacaktır.Künye: De Providentia, Seneca, Çev. Çiğdem Dürüşken, Kabalcı Yay. İkinci Basım (Aralık) İstanbul 2007.

Seneca (MÖ 4’e doğru-MS 65): Devlet adamı ve filozofluğunun yanı sıra Roma tarihinin en önemli söylev ustalarından ve tragedya yazarlarından biridir. Babasının bir siyaset adamı ve hatip olarak yetiştirmek istediği Seneca, bir süre devlet işleriyle uğraştı ve sonunda kendisini en sevdiği işe, yani felsefeye adadı. Stoacı öğretileri içeren çok sayıda düşünce metni, mektup ve tragedya yazdı. Bilgenin Sarsılmazlığı Üzerine’de, bilge kabul ettiği Cato’nun yaşadıklarından yola çıkarak, bilgenin haksızlığa ya da hakarete uğramasının imkânsızlığını işler. De Vita Beata (Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine) isimli eserinin devamı olduğu düşünülen İnziva Üzerine’de ise Stoacı örneklerle bilgenin kendi içine çekilme ve temaşa etme mecburiyetini ortaya koyar. Bilgenin Sarsılmazlığı Üzerine Türkçede ilk kez okurla buluşuyor.Çeviren: C. Cengiz Çevik (1983) İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Latin Dili ve Edebiyatı Anabilim Dalı’nda lisans, yüksek lisans ve doktorasını tamamladı. Hasan Âli Yücel Klasikler Dizisi için Sextus Empiricus dışında Bacon, Horatius, Seneca, Cicero, Copernicus ve Luther’den birçok eser çevirdi. Temel akademik çalışma alanı olan Antikçağ’da siyaset ve felsefe ilişkisi başta olmak üzere farklı konularda çeviri ve telif eserleri üzerinde çalışmaya devam ediyor.

Here is a lively, readable, and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers--the only tragic playwright from ancient Rome whose work survives. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain, oppressive, and violent times, and his dramas depict the extremes of human behavior. Rape, suicide, child-murder, incestuous love, madness, and mutilation afflict the characters, who are obsessed and destroyed by their feelings. Seneca forces us to think about the difference between compromise and hypocrisy, about what happens when emotions overwhelm judgment, and about how a person can be good, calm, or happy in a corrupt society and under constant threat of death. In addition to her superb translation, Emily Wilson provides an invaluable introduction which offers a succinct account of Seneca's life and times, his philosophical beliefs, the literary form of the plays, and their immense influence on European literature. The book also includes an up-to-date bibliography and explanatory notes which identify mythological allusions.

Ted hughes (1930-1998) was born in yorkshire his first book, the hawk in the rain, was published in 1957 by faber & faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children he received the whitbread book of the year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, tales from ovid (1997) and birthday letters (1998) he was poet laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the order of merit

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BCE, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service. After some disgrace during Claudius' reign he became tutor and then, in 54 CE, advising minister to Nero, some of whose worst misdeeds he did not prevent. Involved (innocently?) in a conspiracy, he killed himself by order in 65. Wealthy, he preached indifference to wealth; evader of pain and death, he preached scorn of both; and there were other contrasts between practice and principle.We have Seneca's philosophical or moral essays (ten of them traditionally called Dialogues)--on providence, steadfastness, the happy life, anger, leisure, tranquility, the brevity of life, gift-giving, forgiveness-- and treatises on natural phenomena. Also extant are 124 epistles, in which he writes in a relaxed style about moral and ethical questions, relating them to personal experiences; a skit on the official deification of Claudius, "Apocolocyntosis" (in Loeb number 15); and nine rhetorical tragedies on ancient Greek themes. Many epistles and all his speeches are lost.His moral essays are collected in Volumes I-III of the Loeb Classical Library's ten-volume edition of Seneca.

Dominare il dolore, difendersi dalle angosce, controllare le frustrazioni della vita sono problemi antichi quanto l’uomo. Con il suo stile suggestivo e inconfondibile, Seneca parla nelle Consolazioni della sofferenza e della morte, del mistero dell’infinito e del trascorrere del tempo; conosce la tenerezza degli affetti, i cedimenti della volontà, le insidie della solitudine. E insieme si leva alla contemplazione commossa della natura e del cosmo, riconoscendovi il segno di una ragione suprema ai cui ritmi segreti si accorda il destino mortale dell’uomo. L’introduzione di Alfonso Traina guida a comprendere gli aspetti del pensiero di Seneca, che come pochi altri seppe penetrare ed esprimere i drammi esistenziali e le contraddizioni dell’animo umano.

A vibrant new translation of Seneca's "On the Shortness of Life," a pointed reminder to make the most of a precious asset: our timeWho 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 the original Latin on facing pages and 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.A counterweight to the time-sucking distractions of the modern world, How to Have a Life offers priceless wisdom about making our time--and our lives--count.

Em Sobre a Serenidade do Homem Sábio, o filósofo estoico Séneca revela o poder de nos mantermos imperturbáveis perante as adversidades, defendendo que o verdadeiro sábio é aquele que se mantém inabalável diante das ofensas, sofrimento ou infortúnios a que possa estar sujeito.Esta publicação inclui ainda o texto Sobre o Ócio, em que Séneca aprofunda o conceito de lazer e desafia as visões convencionaisque frequentemente equiparam o ócio à indolência.Em conjunto, estes dois textos são um testemunho da relevância da filosofia estoica, mostrando como as ideias de Séneca continuam a ressoar no mundo acelerado de hoje e oferecendo orientação a quem procura uma vida mais equilibrada, virtuosa e gratificante.