Letters from a Stoic
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“After Marcus Aurelius, this is one of my favorite books. | That’s what I read by Seneca. | The author is an outstanding thinker and this is, I think, one of his most accesible books.”
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“After Marcus Aurelius, this is one of my favorite books. | That’s what I read by Seneca. | The author is an outstanding thinker and this is, I think, one of his most accesible books.”
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Source →“After Marcus Aurelius, this is one of my favorite books. | That’s what I read by Seneca. | The author is an outstanding thinker and this is, I think, one of his most accesible books.”
Source →Recommended by 6 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and Tim Ferriss
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Stoicism, Philosophy, and Books Recommended by Ryan Holiday.
The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4 B.C. A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were in conflict with his Stoic beliefs. Nevertheless he was the outstanding figure of his age. The Stoic philosophy which Seneca professed in his writings, later supported by Marcus Aurelius, provided Rome with a passable bridge to Christianity. Seneca's...
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Stoicism, Philosophy, and Books Recommended by Ryan Holiday.
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“After Marcus Aurelius, this is one of my favorite books. | That’s what I read by Seneca. | The author is an outstanding thinker and this is, I think, one of his most accesible books.”
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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