On the Shortness of Life

Seneca

32 pages 1-hour read

Seneca

On the Shortness of Life

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 49

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Time flows like sand through an hourglass, and Seneca the Younger believed most of us let it slip away wastefully. Test your understanding of his timeless Stoic wisdom on living a meaningful life in an age of distraction and excess.

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