Quote of the day by Seneca highlights the statement, “Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.” The quote reflects Stoic ...

Seneca’s 'On the Shortness of Life' offers a bracing reminder about time, attention, and living fully before life slips ...

Stoic philosophy has exerted an important influence on the history of ideas, including on the thought of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Schopenhauer, Adam Smith, and J.S. Mill. In the field of mental ...

On the Shortness of Life by Seneca explores the concept that life is not inherently short, but often wasted through luxury, ...

Two thousand years ago, under the reign of Roman emperor Tiberius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was learning from his tutor how to live a good life. His tutor was an adherent of Stoicism, a philosophy that ...