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Letters from a Stoic

Seneca

Recommended by 3 people on the record.

The bar next to each date shows how long ago it was said: 7d is days, 4yr is years.

Nat Eliason loved it
A massively influential work of philosophy, I've enjoyed this book every time I go back to it. Great entry point for anyone into virtue ethics.

on nateliason.com · 7 Feb 2020 · Report

Shane Parrish recommends it
I came to Seneca a few years ago. It’s clear from reading Seneca that he’s full of wisdom.

on fs.blog · 26 Dec 2013 · Report

Oliver Burkeman recommends it
I personally take from Seneca and the other Stoics a very interesting attitude towards negative emotions and situations.

on fivebooks.com · 12 Jul 2012 · Report

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That little bar

It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.