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On the shortness of life

by Seneca

Series: Great Ideas (1)

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cornerhouse in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of 8 November 2008? (Nov 8, 2008, 5:09pm)

... yle Boswell's London Journal by James Boswell The Renaissance by Paul Johnson American Creation by Joseph J. Ellis On the Shortness of Life by Seneca I've also been re-reading some of Lincoln's speeches (since they form the background for those of our new President-Elect), as well as ...

amaranthic in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : BOOK CHALLENGE! RERE'S. (Oct 12, 2008, 7:41pm)

67. seneca's on the shortness of life, which is really comprised of three essays, namely a letter to his mother (i forget the title my copy assigns it), "on the shortness of life," and "on tranquility." i was actually surprised by how much i liked seneca. i don't read a lot of philosophy at ...

amaranthic in Reading Globally : Where in the world are you now? October (Oct 12, 2008, 12:14pm)

... it consistently for three weeks already! Oh well. I guess I'm just a slow reader in Chinese. I'm also reading Seneca's On the Shortness of Life - Stoicism and Rome!

amaranthic in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : BOOK CHALLENGE! RERE'S. (Sep 30, 2008, 9:58pm)

... am: an embarrassingly minute fraction of the way into huo zhe. an equally minute fraction of the way into seneca's on the shortness of life. this is one of those rather beautiful penguin editions with covers comprised mostly of blank whiteness - and the best part is that i got it for ...

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