On the Happy Life

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• thingsgoby · Nov 7, 2015 · Recommends

  I strongly recommend that you read some Epicurus, Epictetus and Seneca ;) Start with Senecas "On the Happy Life"

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• kashyapc · Jun 23, 2021 · Recommends

  …Epictetus (incorrectly as "Roman"; he's actually Greek). While he's fantastic[1] on his own, I think Seneca (the Roman Stoic) writes more beautifully about pleasure and virtue—particularly in his essay 'On the Happy Life', a letter he wrote to his brother. Two out-of-context quotes from it (excuse the length): • "But pleasure is extinguished precisely at the time when it delights. It does not have much space, and so…

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• jamesk14022 · Dec 30, 2017 · Recommends

  1) De Vita Beata ("On the Happy Life") - Seneca 2) Shoe Dog - Phil Knight 3) Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! - Richard Feynman No. 1 is a bit of a tricky read but completely worth it in my opinion, never have I read anything that has…

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• Bakary · Jul 14, 2017 · Recommends

  I suggest reading its twin On the Happy Life, as well as Letters to Lucilius.

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• holri · Aug 7, 2013 · Mentions

  On the Happy Life Seneca (First Century A.D.) http://thriceholy.net/Texts/Happy.html

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• nickjj · Jul 15, 2017 · Mentions

  Thanks. I haven't heard of On the Happy Life before. Letters to Lucilius is on my list but I haven't gotten to it yet.

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