Book · 2014 · Seneca, lucius annaeus, approximately 4 b.c.-65 a.d.
Dying Every Day
Seneca at the Court of Nero
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What I love about Seneca is his humanness; he had this ideal that he tried to reach, and the reality was working for Nero.
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James ROM who wrote my favorite biography of senica this is called dying every day has this beautiful quote about how we are dying every day.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · May 2022 And and there's a fascinating book called dying every day about seneca and nero's court by james rahm who's a writer i love and and you know he's just talking about um you know was was seneca motivated by selfishness or selflessness.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Oct 2021 I remember reading James Romm's Dying Every Day during the takeover and restructuring of American Apparel and going, 'Oh, this is much more familiar than it should be to me.'.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Jun 2024 There's a fascinating book called 'Dying Every Day' about Seneca and Nero's court by James Romm, who I love.
H. R. McMaster The Daily Stoic · Oct 2021 Where and when it comes up
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Dying Every Day by James Romm is a compelling historical account exploring the life of Seneca the Younger and his complex relationship with Emperor Nero. On The Daily Stoic, Brigid Delaney expressed her deep admiration for the book, describing it as extraordinary and praising its depiction of Seneca's humanness, noting the tension between his philosophical ideals and his reality of working for Nero. Ryan Holiday also recommended the biography multiple times on the same podcast, highlighting a beautiful quote about mortality and using the text to explore whether Seneca was motivated by selfishness or selflessness within Nero's court. Furthermore, Holiday reflected on reading the book during a major corporate restructuring and takeover at American Apparel, observing how the historical themes closely mirrored his real-world business experiences. H.R. McMaster similarly joined Holiday on The Daily Stoic to discuss the fascinating dynamics of Seneca and Nero's court as presented in Romm's work. Speakers across these episodes repeatedly turned to the book to examine the difficult compromises faced by historical figures navigating corrupt political environments, cementing the biography as an insightful lens through which to study ancient philosophy, personal integrity, and the enduring relevance of Stoic thought under pressure.
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Ryan Holiday James ROM who wrote my favorite biography of senica this is called dying every day has this beautiful quote… 5
“In Dying Every Day, Seneca at the Court of Nero, the historian James Romm tells the fascinating story of how this happened. How one of Rome's greatest philosophers became entangled with its worst emperor.”
“I read Dying Every Day when I was at American Apparel. I had come back. They'd fired the CEO, and we were trying to save the company, and I was sort of wrestling with more minor version of the same sort of temptations.”
“I remember reading James Romm's Dying Every Day during the takeover and restructuring of American Apparel and going, 'Oh, this is much more familiar than it should be to me.'”
“James ROM who wrote my favorite biography of senica this is called dying every day has this beautiful quote about how we are dying every day”
“and and there's a fascinating book called dying every day about seneca and nero's court by james rahm who's a writer i love and and you know he's just talking about um you know was was seneca motivated by selfishness or selflessness”
Brigid Delaney I mean, there are different accounts of how culpable Seneca was. I love the James Romm book 'Dying Every Da… 2
“I mean, there are different accounts of how culpable Seneca was. I love the James Romm book 'Dying Every Day', it's extraordinary. What I love about Seneca is his humanness; he had this ideal that he tried to reach, and the reality was working for Nero.”
“um my I love the James ROM book dying every day Incredible Book extraordinary”
H. R. McMaster There's a fascinating book called 'Dying Every Day' about Seneca and Nero's court by James Romm, who I love. 1
“There's a fascinating book called 'Dying Every Day' about Seneca and Nero's court by James Romm, who I love.”
