On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life is a moralessaywritten bySeneca the Younger, aRomanStoicphilosopher, sometime around the year 49 AD, to his father-in-law Paulinus. The philosopher brings up manyStoicprinciples on the nature oftime, namely that people waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives people enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly. In general, time is best used by living in the present moment in pursuit of the intentional, purposeful life.

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