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Of the Shortness of Life
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Translated by Aubrey Stewart
De Brevitate Vitae ("Of the Shortness of Life") is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, to his friend Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives man enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly. In general, time can be best used in the study of philosophy, according to Seneca.(Summary from Wikipedia)
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Total running time: 1:04:16
Read by Jonathan Hockey
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- 1 - Chapters 1 to 5 – 00:13:00
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[ogg vorbis - 7.2MB] - 2 - Chapters 6 to 10 – 00:16:25
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[ogg vorbis - 9.0MB] - 3 - Chapters 11 to 15 – 00:19:36
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[ogg vorbis - 10.8MB] - 4 - Chapters 16 to 20 – 00:15:15
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Cataloged on February 09, 2011
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