How to Have a Life with Seneca

[Based on How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely, by Seneca, translated by James S. Romm. Full book series here.]

Life is short, isn’t it? Well, it depends on how you measure its length, and on how you weigh the relative importance of quality and quantity. One of the best sources for reflections on this theme surely is Lucius Annaeus Seneca’s De Brevitate Vitae, On the Shortness of Life, newly translated by James S. Romm for the ongoing Princeton University Press series, An...