On Benefits

After reading Seneca's excellent "On the Shortness of Life," I immediately went looking for other things by Seneca that I could read. This was the only one that came up on Project Gutenberg; a little bit surprising given that I'm sure there must be fairly old English translations of some of his othe......more

Detta är en bok om tacksamhet och vänfasthet, och om hur man bör hantera dessa visavi varandra och sig själv. Dess råd är sådana som farmor gav när jag var liten, men formulerade på ett sätt som är lättare för en vuxen att ta till sig. En del av det är sådant jag hade glömt - såsom plikten att hedra......more

Descoperindu-l pe Seneca, am descoperit promisiunea unei ''vieți trăită cu sens, echilibru și conștientizare de sine'', punctul de cerneală cât tot universul... ''iartă, ca să poți fi iertat''. 🐾🐾🐾🐾......more

It wasn’t my intent to read a trio of ancient Romanbooks in a row – would you believe me if I told you it was an accident?  No?  That’s probably fair.  In this case, though, it’s sort of true, mostly because I didn’t remember who wrote On Benefits when I picked it out from my reading list.  I don’t......more

Liked it unexpectedly enough, as usual for the historical references, anecdotes of figures and insights into the patina of ordinary ancient life. The conclusion is a bit anti-climactic since it depends on what was a certainty of faith then that has been unfounded since so that the Epicurean fortuito......more