Collection: Seneca
-
Something went wrong
Please try again
How to do the right thing
Seneca, Robert Kaster,How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others—and ourselves—more fairly and mercifully There are times when we’ve all felt that we haven’t been treated as we deserve—that we’ve been misjudged, shortchanged, or given a raw deal. And, at one time or another, other people have probably felt...
Read MoreRegular price $18.95Sale price $18.95 Regular price $18.95Unit price / per -
Something went wrong
Please try again
How to have a life
Seneca, James S. Romm,A vibrant new translation of Seneca’s “On the Shortness of Life,” a pointed reminder to make the most of our timeWho doesn’t worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of time and preventing us from having a life? How can we make the most of our time on earth? In the f...
Read MoreRegular price $18.95Sale price $18.95 Regular price $18.95Unit price / per -
Something went wrong
Please try again
How to keep your cool
Seneca, James S. Romm, James S. Romm,Timeless wisdom on controlling anger in personal life and politics from the Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman SenecaIn his essay “On Anger” (De Ira), the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BC–65 AD) argues that anger is the most destructive passion: “No plague has cost the human race more dear....
Read MoreRegular price $18.95Sale price $18.95 Regular price $18.95Unit price / per -
Something went wrong
Please try again
How to live
Seneca, James S. Romm,A vivid new translation in which the Stoic philosopher argues that virtue is the only path to contentmentWhy are so many people unhappy when happiness can be attained by anyone who simply lives virtuously? That question prompted Seneca, the great Stoic philosopher of the early Roman Empire, to wr...
Read MoreRegular price $18.95Sale price $18.95 Regular price $18.95Unit price / per







