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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.: How to Have a Life : An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely by Seneca (2022, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691219125
ISBN-139780691219127
eBay Product ID (ePID)17057247391
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NameHow to Have Alife : an Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
SubjectPersonal Growth / Happiness, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General, Self-Management / Time Management
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Self-Help
AuthorSeneca
SeriesAncient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width4.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2022-006723
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"[A] lively and sometimes arresting translation. . . . Once again Princeton University Press and Professor Romm have put us in their debt." ---Ray Morris, Classics for All
Dewey Decimal188
SynopsisA vibrant new translation of Seneca's "On the Shortness of Life," a pointed reminder to make the most of a precious asset: our time Who doesn't worry sometimes that smart phones, the internet, and TV are robbing us of time and preventing us from having a life? How can we make the most of our time on earth? In the first century AD, the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger offered one of the most famous answers to that question in his essay, "On the Shortness of Life"--a work that has more to teach us today than ever before. In How to Have a Life , James Romm presents a vibrant new translation of Seneca's brilliant essay, plus two Senecan letters on the same theme, complete with the original Latin on facing pages and an inviting introduction. With devastating satiric wit, skillfully captured in this translation, Seneca lampoons the ways we squander our time and fail to realize how precious it is. We don't allow people to steal our money, yet we allow them to plunder our time, or else we give it away ourselves in useless, idle pursuits. Seneca also describes how we can make better use of our brief days and years. In the process, he argues, we can make our lives longer, or even everlasting, because to live a real life is to attain a kind of immortality. A counterweight to the time-sucking distractions of the modern world, How to Have a Life offers priceless wisdom about making our time--and our lives--count., A vibrant new translation of Seneca's 'On the Shortness of Life', a pointed reminder to make the most of our time. Who doesn't worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of time and preventing us from having a life? How can we make the most of our time on earth? In the first century AD, the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger offered one of the most famous answers to that question in his essay 'On the Shortness of Life' -- a work that has more to teach us today than ever before. In How to Have a Life , James Romm presents a vibrant new translation of Seneca's brilliant essay, plus two Senecan letters on the same theme, complete with the original Latin on facing pages and an inviting introduction. With devastating satiric wit, skillfully captured in this translation, Seneca lampoons the ways we squander our time and fail to realise how precious it is. We don't allow people to steal our money, yet we allow them to plunder our time, or else we give it away ourselves in useless, idle pursuits. Seneca also describes how we can make better use of our brief days and years. In the process, he argues, we can make our lives longer, or even everlasting, because to live a real life is to attain a kind of immortality. A counterweight to the time-sucking distractions of the modern world, How to Have a Life offers priceless wisdom about making our time -- and our lives -- count., A vibrant new translation of Seneca's "On the Shortness of Life," a pointed reminder to make the most of our time Who doesn't worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of time and preventing us from having a life? How can we make the most of our time on earth? In the first century AD, the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger offered one of the most famous answers to that question in his essay "On the Shortness of Life"--a work that has more to teach us today than ever before. In How to Have a Life , James Romm presents a vibrant new translation of Seneca's brilliant essay, plus two Senecan letters on the same theme, complete with the original Latin on facing pages and an inviting introduction. With devastating satiric wit, skillfully captured in this translation, Seneca lampoons the ways we squander our time and fail to realize how precious it is. We don't allow people to steal our money, yet we allow them to plunder our time, or else we give it away ourselves in useless, idle pursuits. Seneca also describes how we can make better use of our brief days and years. In the process, he argues, we can make our lives longer, or even everlasting, because to live a real life is to attain a kind of immortality. A counterweight to the time-sucking distractions of the modern world, How to Have a Life offers priceless wisdom about making our time--and our lives--count.
LC Classification NumberB616.D42E5 2022
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