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On the Brevity of Life
work by Seneca
Also known as: “De brevitate vitae”
Learn about this topic in these articles:
discussed in biography
- In Seneca: Philosophical works and tragedies
De brevitate vitae (On the Brevity of Life) demonstrates that the human span is long enough if time is properly employed—which it seldom is. Best written and most compelling are the Ad Lucilium epistulae morales (Moral Letters to Lucilius). Those 124 brilliant essays treat a range of moral…
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