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    Essays 7: Of a Happy Life
    Essays 7: Of a Happy Life
    Essays 7: Of a Happy Life
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    Essays 7: Of a Happy Life

    Written by Seneca

    Narrated by Robin Homer

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    About this audiobook

    Of a Happy Life is an essay written by Seneca around the year 58 AD. It was intended for his older brother Gallio, to whom Seneca also dedicated his dialogue entitled De Ira ("On Anger"). It is divided into 28 chapters that present the moral thoughts of Seneca at their most mature. Seneca explains that the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reason – reason meant not only using logic, but also understanding the processes of nature.

    Translation by Aubrey Stewart and produced by Vox Stoica

    Seneca's Essays Series:

    1) Of providence – addressed to Lucilius
    2) On the Firmness of the Wise Man – addressed to Serenus
    3-5) Of Anger (Books 1-3) – addressed to his brother Novatus
    6) Of Consolation – addressed to Marcia
    7) Of a Happy Life – addressed to Gallio
    8) Of Leisure – addressed to Serenus
    9) Of Tranquillity of Mind – addressed to Serenus
    10) On the Shortness of Life – addressed to Paulinus
    11) Of Consolation – addressed to Polybius
    12) Of Consolation – addressed to Helvia
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateAug 21, 2019
    ISBN9781982772345
    Essays 7: Of a Happy Life
    Author

    Seneca

    The writer and politician Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BCE–65 CE) was one of the most influential figures in the philosophical school of thought known as Stoicism. He was notoriously condemned to death by enforced suicide by the Emperor Nero.

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