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On the Shortness of Life (De Brevitate Vitae)
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How can I apply this idea: Seneca tells Paulinus that the common complaint about a short life is mistaken. We are not given too little time; we waste most of what we get, and a life that is well ordered is amply long?
How can I apply this idea: People defend their land and money fiercely but let anyone take their time. Seneca shows that even Augustus, Cicero, and Livius Drusus longed for a rest they never secured, and that complaining changed nothing?
How can I apply this idea: The engrossed person is occupied with everything except living. Seneca argues that learning to live takes a whole life, that grey hair proves only long existence, and that time is treated as worthless because it cannot be seen?
