Notes From Your BooksellerProfound and insightful, Letters from a Stoic is still relevant today. Seneca’s teachings are applicable to everyone, and the contents of his letters often require time to reflect. Regardless of whether you are a fan of philosophy or not, Letters from a Stoic is an enjoyable read that is filled with insightful and meaningful advice.
What is the importance of friendship? How do we deal with challenges in life? And how do we look death in the eye and be not afraid? Letters from a Stoic is a compilation of carefully chosen letters that Seneca penned to Lucilius, letters which are personal essays that answer the questions stated above and many, many more. Translated from Latin into English by Richard M. Gummere, these are letters on a wide variety of topics, such as on having quiet conversations, on suicide, on the dynamic of a master-slave relationship, on grief, on god, and even on welcoming death. So, here is a book to give you a peek into a rich and complicated mind, a book that holds letters both beautiful and pensive, written by one of the greatest philosophers ever.
