On the Shortness of Life

First and third letters were incredible; the second was tainted with a misogynistic/patriarchal attitude that ruined whatever wise words were there.

মোটামুটি একটা ‘stoic life in practice' কেমন হতে পারে তার ধারণা পাওয়া যায়। জীবনের সুখ-দুঃখ কীভাবে গ্রহণ করতে হয়(স্টোয়িকদের মত করে) তার মোটাদাগে একটা আইডিয়া পাওয়া যায়।

বোনাস হিসেবে আছে তৎকালীন রেমান সাম্রাজ্যের ব্যুরোক্র্যাটদের সাইকোলজির চালচিত্র।

“life isn't short, we make it so.”

Should be made mandatory reading for everyone who calls for a meeting

A bit lecturey, but I guess that's the point. And yes, it is incredible how incredibly immediate Seneca's lecture TED talk teachings feel, given this was written 2,000 years ago. I credit some of that to the superb translation, as well as, of course, the timelessness of Seneca and Stoicness. Indeed, I was surprised these past few days how often I'd be either reading the book and immediately applying it to some present-day issue in my own life, or how often I'd be living my life and then think suddenly, “Oh my God, I'm doing exactly what Seneca said!”

Sic semper silly human nature, I guess?