Seneca
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"I know the same day made me free, which was the last day for him who made the proverb true-One must be born either a Pharaoh or a fool".Best known as a philosopher and tragedian, in Apocolocyntosis Seneca also produced one of classical literature's greatest satires. Depicting a posthumous trial in which the recently deceased Emperor Claudius makes the case for his elevation to the company of the gods, this short work brilliantly skewers the pretensions...
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"De la Brevedad de la Vida" es un ensayo filosófico escrito por el filósofo romano Séneca. En esta obra, Séneca aborda la naturaleza efímera de la vida humana y busca proporcionar reflexiones sobre cómo vivir de manera significativa y plena en el tiempo que se nos ha dado. A continuación, se presenta una breve reseña de este trabajo:
El ensayo comienza con una crítica a aquellos que desperdician su tiempo en asuntos triviales y no reconocen...
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The one book you need to master stoic philosophy!
This classic collection, newly revised and with a foreword by classicist Spencer Klavan, includes the famed original introduction by Russell Kirk, the full text of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, the complete Enchiridion of Epictetus, and key selections from Seneca and Hierocles of Alexandria in one compact volume.