Seneca · Philosophy

On the Shortness of Life

Seneca’s claim that life is not short but squandered - and how the busy man, hoarding everything but his hours, is the poorest of all.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned Seneca’s argument that we are spendthrift with the one thing we should hoard - time. Marcus Aurelius pressed the same Stoic point but located the whole of life in a single instant. State how Marcus sharpens the idea.

Leads to Marcus Aurelius.

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