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Of the Shortness of Life

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Seneca the Younger wrote the moral essay "De Brevitate Vitae" — "On the Shortness of Life" — to his friend Paulinus. The…

50 - OF DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS

In Essays book 1

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Michel de Montaigne and Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

Chapters 1 and 2

In Of Peace of Mind

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

How to maintain a tranquil mind amongst social upheaval and turmoil, addressed to Serenus. (Introduction by Jonathan Hockey)