On the Brevity of Life
A book about the squandering of existence itself. Written two thousand years ago to be understood now.
Usually dated to the year 49, On the Shortness of Life, by the Roman philosopher Seneca, explores the nature of time and the way it is wasted on thoughts and tasks that stray from ethical principles of true significance.
Although written at the dawn of the Christian era, this treatise reinvents its own relevance and seems clearly applicable to today's world, lived at a frantic information-driven pace and shaped by the excessive, and often trivial, connectivity provided by social media.
On the Shortness of Life is far from fitting into modern self-help categories. It is, perhaps, quite the opposite: a harsh, bold, unsettling text, as if written by a friend who tells us what we do not want to hear, but needs to hear.
To reach the end of our time and feel that it has been wasted—that is the great tragedy, according to Seneca.
ISBN: 9789899150126
Chancela: Culture
Edição: março de 2023
Tradução: Romão Cunha
Dimensões: 140 mm x 210 mm x 8 mm
Encadernação: capa mole
Páginas: 112
Classificação Temática: Filosofia
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