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Seneca and the art of patience
Patience and endurance have become the archetypal virtues of those who claim to be enlightened. When the situation gets from bad to worse, they are […]
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Philosophical lessons from Seneca’s tragedies
Every artwork entails magnification. It blows some aspects of reality out of proportion to underline their significance from the creator’s viewpoint. Other aspects are minimized, […]
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Seneca on overcoming envy and jealousy
Even the smartest, most enlightened humans are doomed to suffer from envy and jealousy. Seneca analysed the problem and came up with an imperfect solution. […]
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Seneca on dealing with betrayal
Forgiveness has become the universal recipe for betrayal, at least theoretically. Moral leaders tell their flock to forget what they have suffered, purify their hearts, […]
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Was Seneca wrong about revenge?
Let us beware of people who preach passivity because they might be trying to slow us down. If they have already taken advantage of the […]
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Seneca’s thoughts on revenge
Most philosophers get it wrong about revenge, and Seneca was no exception. In his essays titled “On Anger” and “On Clemency,” he recommended to forget […]
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What Seneca taught about dealing with failure
In the next paragraphs, I am going to summarise the advice from Seneca about dealing with failure. He devoted a couple of decades to compiling […]
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The main benefits from reading Seneca today
Few people read books written a hundred years ago. Even fewer show interest in books written two thousand years ago. I am one of those […]
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Why should one read Seneca today?
The question assumes that people are still reading books in our century, instead of watching movies, playing video-games, or practising sports. Indeed, a percentage of […]
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Seneca’s quotes about anger
There is a perfect recipe for never getting angry or annoyed. If we stop caring and become indifferent, we won’t experience irritation when things don’t […]
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