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How to Do the Right Thing by Seneca
Category: ree | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others-and ourselves-more fairly and mercifully There are times when we’ve all felt that we haven’t been treated as we deserve-that we’ve been misjudged, short-changed, or given a raw deal. And, at one time or another, other people have probably felt that ...Show more
How to Keep Your Cool: Anger Management by Seneca Seneca; James S. Romm
Category: No Category | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Timeless wisdom on controlling anger in personal life and politics from the Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman Seneca In 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." Thi ...Show more
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
Category: No Category | Series: A\Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
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. Seneca's timeless essays provide practical steps for people to deal with the human suffering that ...Show more
Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium by Seneca
Category: No Category | Series: Classics Ser.
A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca (c. ...Show more
Letters from a Stoic: The Ancient Classic by Seneca, Donald Robertson
Category: No Category | Series: Capstone Classics Ser.
Throughout the centuries, Seneca has been admired as one of the greatest writers of antiquity. He has a way of expressing Stoic philosophy that makes it seem just as relevant to life today as it was two thousand years ago. Seneca taught that we should remain grounded in the present moment by being fully ...Show more
On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Timeless advice on the art of living well, from the celebrated Penguin Great Ideas series The writings of the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into stoicism, morality and the importance of reason, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity ...Show more
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