It came a bit rolled up but it flattens right away. It came in the promised condition.
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The content itself is a good read. I personally read the tone as arrogant and pompous. The imperious reasoning leaves little to retain. The only noteworthy statement I found would be a rather mundane pov, “life is not short, but we make it so”.
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Seneca, L. A. (1932). On the shortness of life (J. W. Basore, Trans.). Vigeo Press.Seneca the Younger (4BC - AD65) is a Stoic Roman philosopher and playwright.On the Shortness of Life is a moral essay addressed to Paulinus providing an urgent reminder on the non-renewability of time. He focuses our attention on the continuum of life: "Life will follow the path it started upon, and you will neither reverse nor check its course, it will make no noise, it will not remind you of its swiftness. Silent it will glide on." Our task is learning how to live....and how to die, " "It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - what will perhaps make you wonder more - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die." For those who say they don't have enough time, Seneca might say, "we waste much of it." With time's passing, one's analysis of how they spent their time can create anguish, "They cry out that they have been fools, because they have not really lived. . . . all their toil has gone for nothing." How we reflectively consider how we spent our time, the relationship of spent time to a life created is a central theme. He's particularly critical of those who delay life until later years, "Postponement is the greatest waste of life; it deprives them of each day as it comes. It snatches from them the present by promising something hereafter. The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon the morrow and wastes today."Typically, I'm more of a where are we going than where have we been sort of person but post-menopausal me has a marked divide from which to experience hindsight. This was a timely read to cultivate an evaluative space within which to consider how I've spent my time. Themes of past, present, and future take on a new sense in your 60s. Things like a bucket list take on new urgency and the question of what do I still want to do moves to the forefront. This would be a good read for those interested in critically exploring and reflecting upon how they spend their time.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2023
It came a bit rolled up but it flattens right away. It came in the promised condition.
Separate from the print-
The content itself is a good read. I personally read the tone as arrogant and pompous. The imperious reasoning leaves little to retain. The only noteworthy statement I found would be a rather mundane pov, “life is not short, but we make it so”.
Separate from the print-
The content itself is a good read. I personally read the tone as arrogant and pompous. The imperious reasoning leaves little to retain. The only noteworthy statement I found would be a rather mundane pov, “life is not short, but we make it so”.
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Seneca, L. A. (1932). On the shortness of life (J. W. Basore, Trans.). Vigeo Press.
Seneca the Younger (4BC - AD65) is a Stoic Roman philosopher and playwright.
On the Shortness of Life is a moral essay addressed to Paulinus providing an urgent reminder on the non-renewability of time. He focuses our attention on the continuum of life: "Life will follow the path it started upon, and you will neither reverse nor check its course, it will make no noise, it will not remind you of its swiftness. Silent it will glide on." Our task is learning how to live....and how to die, " "It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - what will perhaps make you wonder more - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die." For those who say they don't have enough time, Seneca might say, "we waste much of it." With time's passing, one's analysis of how they spent their time can create anguish, "They cry out that they have been fools, because they have not really lived. . . . all their toil has gone for nothing." How we reflectively consider how we spent our time, the relationship of spent time to a life created is a central theme. He's particularly critical of those who delay life until later years, "Postponement is the greatest waste of life; it deprives them of each day as it comes. It snatches from them the present by promising something hereafter. The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon the morrow and wastes today."
Typically, I'm more of a where are we going than where have we been sort of person but post-menopausal me has a marked divide from which to experience hindsight. This was a timely read to cultivate an evaluative space within which to consider how I've spent my time. Themes of past, present, and future take on a new sense in your 60s. Things like a bucket list take on new urgency and the question of what do I still want to do moves to the forefront. This would be a good read for those interested in critically exploring and reflecting upon how they spend their time.
Seneca the Younger (4BC - AD65) is a Stoic Roman philosopher and playwright.
On the Shortness of Life is a moral essay addressed to Paulinus providing an urgent reminder on the non-renewability of time. He focuses our attention on the continuum of life: "Life will follow the path it started upon, and you will neither reverse nor check its course, it will make no noise, it will not remind you of its swiftness. Silent it will glide on." Our task is learning how to live....and how to die, " "It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - what will perhaps make you wonder more - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die." For those who say they don't have enough time, Seneca might say, "we waste much of it." With time's passing, one's analysis of how they spent their time can create anguish, "They cry out that they have been fools, because they have not really lived. . . . all their toil has gone for nothing." How we reflectively consider how we spent our time, the relationship of spent time to a life created is a central theme. He's particularly critical of those who delay life until later years, "Postponement is the greatest waste of life; it deprives them of each day as it comes. It snatches from them the present by promising something hereafter. The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon the morrow and wastes today."
Typically, I'm more of a where are we going than where have we been sort of person but post-menopausal me has a marked divide from which to experience hindsight. This was a timely read to cultivate an evaluative space within which to consider how I've spent my time. Themes of past, present, and future take on a new sense in your 60s. Things like a bucket list take on new urgency and the question of what do I still want to do moves to the forefront. This would be a good read for those interested in critically exploring and reflecting upon how they spend their time.
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