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Five classic works of Stoic philosophy, packaged in a single volume!
Rediscover five enormously enduring, influential, and important works of stoic mindfulness and philosophy. The classic works from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca - thousands of years after their initial release - endure in classrooms, bookshelves, and digital publication worldwide. Master the art of stoicism with this fantastic, newly formatted volume. This volume includes:
• Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
• Epictetus's Enchiridion
• Lucius Annaeus Seneca's On a Happy Life
• Seneca's On the Shortness of Life
• Seneca's On Providence
Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from AD 161 to 180, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement.
The Enchiridion or Handbook of Epictetus is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian, a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus.
On a Happy Life is Seneca's advice to humanity, summarized in the earliest pages of his work: We should not have happiness as our goal: "so far is it from being easy to attain to happiness that the more eagerly a man struggles to reach it the further he departs from it, if he takes the wrong road; for, since this leads in the opposite...
On the Shortness of Life is Seneca's: The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that people waste much of it in meaningless pursuits.
On Providence: In this essay, Seneca takes the time to satisfy Lucilius' inquiry of this exact question, answering from a divine perspective.
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