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Summary of Seneca, “On the Shortness of Life”

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 Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – AD 65)

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As they age wise persons often lose interest in the inessential. The Stoic philosopher 
Seneca touched on a similar theme in his piece, On the Shortness of Life:

It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Continue reading Summary of Seneca, “On the Shortness of Life”