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On the Shortness of Life

Author: Seneca

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  • Episode: Brigid Delaney’s Life Changing Year of Living Like a Stoic
    Podcast: The Daily Stoic

    'Letters to Lucilius' is a good example; that's addressed to someone, but you can see him working out death and grief in that work. Same with 'On the Shortness of Life'; it's an intellectual exercise and a spiritual exercise. They didn't have a pre-fitted philosophy or theology that they could live by; they had to come up with it themselves, and you can see them doing that in the work.