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A review by jaskaransingh
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long If You Know How to Use It by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.5
#1
Seneca pointed out that people tend to be reflexively stingy with their money, but almost comically wasteful with their time.
One of the best life-changing books that I have read. I consider myself lucky. It felt like Seneca himself was speaking from the antiquity. This is one of such books that is never to be read once and kept in the hidden corners of bookcases, it is to be kept at the bedside table where you can find it everyday and get something useful. Although it is a 100 page book, ergo a fairly short one, I read it slowly, taking a month and savouring lil by lil, taking every information in and let it sink in the far and deeper reaches of the psyche.
It revolves around many things of life but most importantly, it is about the shortness of life and how few are able to realise the value of their time. Time is always running, like faster than we realise it to be, so spend it wisely and on the things which give it a meaning. With all this said, it is a must read ❣️
*Seneca (4 BC - AD 65) was a famous philosopher and a stoic during Roman Empire.
Seneca pointed out that people tend to be reflexively stingy with their money, but almost comically wasteful with their time.
One of the best life-changing books that I have read. I consider myself lucky. It felt like Seneca himself was speaking from the antiquity. This is one of such books that is never to be read once and kept in the hidden corners of bookcases, it is to be kept at the bedside table where you can find it everyday and get something useful. Although it is a 100 page book, ergo a fairly short one, I read it slowly, taking a month and savouring lil by lil, taking every information in and let it sink in the far and deeper reaches of the psyche.
It revolves around many things of life but most importantly, it is about the shortness of life and how few are able to realise the value of their time. Time is always running, like faster than we realise it to be, so spend it wisely and on the things which give it a meaning. With all this said, it is a must read ❣️
*Seneca (4 BC - AD 65) was a famous philosopher and a stoic during Roman Empire.