The Stoics

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Letters from a Stoic

Seneca, c. 65

Warm, sharp letters to a friend about time, fear, friendship and death.

Talk about it

  1. Which letter felt most like advice from a real friend, and which felt like a lecture?
  2. Seneca writes a lot about time. What did he make you want to stop doing?
  3. Which of his ideas would be hardest to live by in your own circumstances?

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