
Chapter 9 - Of A Happy Life
Today, we read chapter 9 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger. “Do you ask what I seek from virtue? I answer, Herself: for she has nothing better; she is her own reward. Does this not appear great enough, when I te

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Today, we read chapter 9 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger. “Do you ask what I seek from virtue? I answer, Herself: for she has nothing better; she is her own reward. Does this not appear great enough, when I te

Today, we read chapter 8 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger. “A man should be unbiased and not to be conquered by external things” Help support us on Patreon. You can also support us directly by visiting the Givi

Today, we read chapter 7 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger. “The highest good is immortal: it knows no ending, and does not admit of either satiety or regret: for a right-thinking mind never alters or becomes ha

Today, we read chapter 6 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger. “The happy man, therefore, is he who can make a right judgment in all things: he is happy who in his present circumstances, whatever they may be, is sa

I read books of philosophy that helped save me from the streets and hopelessness. Listen with your heart, and not your head. Today, we read chapter 5 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger. “For no one can be styled

Today, we read chapter 4 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger. “A man of these principles, whether he will or no, must be accompanied by a continual cheerfulness, a high happiness, which comes indeed from on high b

Today, we read chapter 3 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger. “...for all savageness is a sign of weakness.” Help support us on Patreon. You can also support us directly by visiting the Giving Page of our website.

Today, we read chapter 2 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger. “By 'the vulgar' I mean both those who wear woollen cloaks and those who wear crowns; for I do not regard the colour of the clothes with which they are

Today, we read chapter 1 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger. “Now nothing gets us into greater troubles than our subservience to common rumour, and our habit of thinking that those things are best which are most

Today, we read chapter 20, the final chapter, of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. “Some men even prepare for whatever lies after death – a necropolis of tombs, countless public dedications, blazing funera

Today, we read chapter 19 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. “People studying the liberal arts or whose lives are devoted to their careers, are never free to see life for what the truly long, blissful bl

Today, we read chapter 18 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. “Our...leader’s efforts to play the mad foreign King almost caused a famine, and what surely would have been the destruction of Rome, followin

Today, we read chapter 17 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. “Why is...happiness tinged with fear? Because the superficial joy of men is not based on something real, but on something as troubled and flee

Today, we read chapter 16 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. "This strange perception of the passage of time depending on one’s mood and company has provided material for the poets...They waste the day i

Today, we read chapter 15 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. “These men will show you the way to immortality, and raise you to heights from which no man can be cast down. This is the only way to extend m

Today, we read chapter 14 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. “Because of the efforts of our ancestors we have moved further from darkness into light. We are free to spend time in any era, to roam beyond

Today, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. Please help support us on Patreon. You can also support us directly by visiting the Giving Page of our website. Follow us on: YouTubeInstagramFa

Today, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. Please help support us on Patreon. You can also support us directly by visiting the Giving Page of our website. Follow us on: YouTubeInstagramFa

Today, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. Please help support us on Patreon. You can also support us directly by visiting the Giving Page of our website. Follow us on: YouTubeInstagramFa

Today, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger. Please help support us on Patreon. You can also support us directly by visiting the Giving Page of our website. Follow us on: YouTubeInstagramFa
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