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L’assunto di partenza del De brevitate vitae è in aperto contrasto con il sentire comune: non è affatto vero che la vita è troppo breve; anzi, essa è fin troppo lunga se sappiamo utilizzare correttamente il tempo a nostra disposizione. Il torto di chi si lascia trascinare nel vortice delle occupazioni, è pensare che si debba vivere in funzione degli altri, del futuro, di tutta una serie di vane attività, senza tener conto di quel termine improrogabile che è la morte. La vita vera, invece, dovrebbe essere dedicata allo studio e alla pratica della sapienza, alla filosofia. Solo un’esistenza condotta sull’esempio dei grandi pensatori del mondo antico, sorda ai fervori della politica, alle ostentazioni, ai vincoli sociali, può regalare pace e serenità e, a suo modo, l’immortalità.
- ISBN: 8811138302
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 128
- Data di uscita: 09-05-2013
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The great Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist Seneca (BC 4 – AD 64) wrote many letters encouraging friends to apply themselves to the task of living a free, wise, tranquil and joyful life. On the Shortness of Life is one of my personal favorites since Seneca, ever the true eclectic, brilliantly Leggi tutto
Now that I've read a few philosophical essays by Seneca the Younger, I am inclined to believe every bad thing I have ever heard about him. Before this, I've cut him some slack. Sure, he—along with his cronies, one of whom was Burrus, prefect of the Praetorian Guard—ruled Rome during his pupil Nero's Leggi tutto
"Can anything be more idiotic than certain people who boast of their foresight? They keep themselves officiously preoccupied in order to improve their lives; they spend their lives in organizing their lives. They direct their purposes with an eye to a distant future. But putting things off is the bi Leggi tutto
This is an excellent philosophical essay written by Seneca, one of the most significant Roman philosophers and one whom we might call the father of Stoicism. The problem is simple, we are never content and happy with our lives and at the end we think it was too short. The solution is even simpler; w Leggi tutto
I am writing this review as a layperson, Philosophy isn’t my area of expertise and my level of knowledge is limited at best. I ended up here, as I’ve been researching Rome for an upcoming holiday. I’ve taken an interest in that crazy gang of early Roman Emperors from Augustus to Nero (i.e. the Julio Leggi tutto
Beautiful meditation on life and the choices we make on how to live. Seneca is one of my favorite philosophers - you get the feeling that he has nothing to prove - he is just telling you what he thinks; take it or leave it. All his points are really simple yet very deep. Highest recommendation.
It is amazing how something written so long ago can have such relevance today. I found this essay really inspiring. here is a good quote: "Life is long enough, and it has been given in sufficiently generous measure to allow the accomplishment of the very greatest things if the whole of it is well inve Leggi tutto
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