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On the Shortness of Life
SenecaIt brutally destroys the illusion that life is too short, arguing instead that we waste the vast majority of it on anxiety and trivialities.
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”
— Seneca
Why It's Lindy
It brutally destroys the illusion that life is too short, arguing instead that we waste the vast majority of it on anxiety and trivialities.
About This Volume
A moral essay explicitly dealing with the value of time.
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Why should I read On the Shortness of Life?
It brutally destroys the illusion that life is too short, arguing instead that we waste the vast majority of it on anxiety and trivialities.
What is On the Shortness of Life about?
A moral essay explicitly dealing with the value of time.
