Letters From a Stoic

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Seneca (4 B.C.AD 65) was a Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist best known for his contributions to the school of Stoicism. In his lifetime he published twelve philosophical essaysprimarily on ethicsincluding De Providentia (On Providence), De Vita Beata (On the Happy Life), and De Consolatione ad Polybium (To Polybius, On Consolation); nine tragedies, and over one hundred letters on morals to Lucilius Junior known today as Letters From a Stoic.

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My dear Reader, within this book are one hundred and twenty-four letters on the subject of morals written from the philosopher Seneca to his friend, Lucilius Junior. Masterfully crafted, this insightful collection is a fantastic introduction to the school of Stoicism that covers everything from saving time to the value of good advice.

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Continue to act thus, my dear Luciliusset yourself free for your own sake; gather and save your time, which till lately has been forced from you, or filched away, or has merely slipped from your hands. Make yourself believe the truth of my words,that certain moments are torn from us, that some are gently removed, and that others glide beyond our reach. The most disgraceful kind of loss, however, is that due to carelessness.For one of the major philosophical figures of the Roman Empire, philosophy wasabove all elsethe giving of good advice. What better way, then, could he reason to be the best vehicle for his thought, if not the simple and intimate letter? Seneca's Letters of a Stoic is a work of masterfully crafted epistolary philosophy that consists of one hundred and twenty-four letters written towards the end of his life to his friend, Lucilius Junior.