Will and Ariel Durant (1930)
“It is a mistake to think that the past is dead. Nothing that has ever happened is quite without influence at this moment. The present is merely the past rolled up and concentrated in this second of time.
Category Archives: Time
Summary of Seneca, “On the Shortness of Life”
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”
Does Time Speeds Up As You Age?
The above video suggests that time speeds up as you age. Continue reading Does Time Speeds Up As You Age?
How Should We Spend Our Time?
Speaking of a lack of time, today, as I was reading multiple threads on multiple topics by members of the research group with whom I’m affiliated, Continue reading How Should We Spend Our Time?
The Brevity of a Human Life
Wavering between the profit and the loss
In this brief transit where the dreams cross
The dreamcrossed twilight between birth and dying. Continue reading The Brevity of a Human Life