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On the Shortness of Life by Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

On the Shortness of Life Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca ebook
ISBN: 9780143036326
Page: 112
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: pdf

It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. I'm not trying to be a pessimist here; I just want a worldview that accounts for the way life actually works. As I write this I am reminded once again of the fragility of life. De Brevitate Vitae ("On the Shortness of Life"), often referred to as Gaudeamus igitur, ("Let us rejoice") is a popular academic commercium song, on taking joy in student life, with the knowledge that one will someday die. Anger is one such emotion that's filled with power and judgement. I'm 5'1 {5'2 on a good day} and I don't seem to be getting any taller. Watching them run through the leaves, side by side, their heavy backpacks bobbing up and down on their little bodies–my little guys, seven and five–I was suddenly so overwhelmed by the shortness of life. If I did as you suggest, and imagined I had 6 months to live, would I spend time learning to play a musical instrument? SENECA ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE. But I'm reminded by an extract from one of my a work by Lucius Seneca – 'On the Shortness of Life': “It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. A Guide to the Good Life: the Ancient Art of Stoic Joy is a handbook of Stoic philosophy by professor William Irvine. We experience so many emotions as human beings but we judge and hold onto some more than others. I think I'm at the point in my life where I just have to accept something about myself. LIFE IS LONG IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT. The problem with pondering the shortness of life is that it demotivates you for setting long term goals.