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Letters from a Stoic
Seneca
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Overview of Letters from a Stoic

Ancient wisdom meets modern life in Seneca's timeless letters. This 2,000-year-old philosophy guide has shaped Silicon Valley executives and military leaders alike. What secret did Neil Pasricha discover in these pages that made him rethink everything about living well?

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What could a wealthy Roman advisor to a murderous emperor possibly teach us about living well? More than you'd think. Seneca's letters have guided everyone from medieval monks to modern tech entrepreneurs, offering wisdom that feels eerily tailored to our age of endless scrolling and perpetual distraction. Written nearly two thousand years ago, these intimate philosophical letters tackle questions we still wrestle with: How do we find peace in chaos? What makes life meaningful? How do we face our mortality without flinching? The answers Seneca provides aren't abstract theories but practical tools forged in the crucible of one of history's most turbulent eras. His life reads like a thriller. Rising to become one of Rome's wealthiest citizens and chief advisor to Emperor Nero, he embodied a glaring contradiction-preaching simplicity while accumulating 300 million sesterces in just four years. Critics pounced on this hypocrisy, yet Seneca's defense cut deeper than expected: what matters isn't wealth itself but your relationship to it. The wise person treats money as a tool; the fool becomes its prisoner. His proximity to power proved fatal. After helping manage the aftermath of Nero's matricide-drafting the emperor's explanatory letter to the Senate-Seneca's influence crumbled. By 65 CE, implicated in a conspiracy against Nero, he received the order every Roman philosopher dreaded: commit suicide. Tacitus describes his final hours with cinematic detail-Seneca opening his veins with philosophical composure, offering his life as his "one remaining possession." When his aged body released blood too slowly, he took poison, finally suffocating in a vapor bath. He died as he had taught: with dignity intact, external circumstances irrelevant to inner freedom.

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Making Philosophy Human and Timeless

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Confronting What We Fear Most

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The Happiness Paradox

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The Revolutionary Social Vision

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