Timeless Wisdom
Moral Letters, Vol. I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca · narrated by LibriVox volunteers
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Imagine receiving letters from the wisest friend you ever had. Seneca, statesman and Stoic philosopher of first-century Rome, wrote to his young friend Lucilius about the things that still keep us up at night: time slipping away, crowds and noise, fear of death, the true use of wealth, how to read well and live better. This first volume gathers the opening letters of that famous correspondence, each one short, sharp, and quotable. Two thousand years of readers have found a mentor in these pages. Open the correspondence and find yours.
Inside this audiobook
66 chapters
- 1Introduction15m
- 2On Saving Time5m
- 3On Discursiveness in Read5m
- 4On True and False Friends6m
- 5On the Terrors of Death8m
- 6On the Philosopher's Mean7m
- 7On Sharing Knowledge5m
- 8On Crowds10m
- 9On the Philosopher's Secl8m
- 10On Philosophy and Friends17m
- 11On Living to Oneself4m
- 12On the Blush of Modesty6m
- 13On Old Age10m
- 14On Groundless Fears13m
- 15On the Reasons for Withdr15m
- 16On Brawn and Brains9m
- 17On Philosophy, the Guide8m
- 18On Philosophy and Riches9m
- 19On Festivals and Fasting10m
- 20On Worldliness and Retire11m
- 21On Practising What You Pr9m
- 22On the Renown Which My Wr9m
- 23On the Futility of Half-W13m
- 24On the True Joy Which Com8m
- 25On Despising Death20m
- 26On Reformation6m
- 27On Old Age and Death7m
- 28On the Good Which Abides7m
- 29On Travel as a Cure for D7m
- 30On the Critical Condition9m
- 31On Conquering the Conquer13m
- 32On Siren Songs11m
- 33On Progress5m
- 34On the Futility of Learni10m
- 35On a Promising Pupil4m
- 36On the Friendship of Kind4m
- 37On the Value of Retiremen10m
- 38On Allegiance to Virtue5m
- 39On Quiet Conversation2m
- 40On Noble Aspirations6m
- 41On the Proper Style for a11m
- 42On the God Within Us8m
- 43On Values7m
- 44On the Relativity of Fame3m
- 45On Philosophy and Pedigre5m
- 46On Sophistical Argumentat10m
- 47On a New Book by Lucilius3m
- 48On Master and Slave15m
- 49On Quibbling as Unworthy11m
- 50On the Shortness of Life10m
- 51On Our Blindness and Its7m
- 52On Baiae and Morals11m
- 53On Choosing Our Teachers10m
- 54On the Faults of the Spir9m
- 55On Asthma and Death6m
- 56On Vatia's Villa9m
- 57On Quiet and Study11m
- 58On the Trials of Travel6m
- 59On Being26m
- 60On Pleasure and Joy15m
- 61On Harmful Prayers3m
- 62On Meeting Death Cheerful3m
- 63On Good Company3m
- 64On Grief for Lost Friends10m
- 65On the Philosopher's Task6m
- 66On the First Cause18m
