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What if the darkness of Lovecraft’s decadent New England overlapped into the Victorian era of Sherlock Holmes? What if a trail of clues led to impossible visions, malevolent gods, and unspeakably eldritch vistas of terror? Could Holmes survive? Could his sanity survive? Twenty-five new stories across two volumes pit Holmes and Watson against myriad nightmares from Lovecraft’s fiction––and against those nightmares which his writings have inspired.

Of Anger by Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) defines and explains anger within the context of Stoic philosophy, and offers therapeutic advice on how to prevent and control anger. This is achievable by the development of an understanding of how to control the passions, and to make them subject to reason. Seneca believed that the passions arise in a rational mind as a misunderstanding of reality. A passion is a defective belief which occurs when the mind makes errors about the values of things.

To give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do-but it is also the closest you can come to divinity. So argues the great Roman Stoic thinker Seneca in his longest and most searching moral treatise, "On Benefits" (De Beneficiis). James Romm's splendid new translation of essential selections from this work conveys the heart of Seneca's argument that generosity and gratitude are among the most important of all virtues.

«No hay nada que podamos llamar verdaderamente nuestro, excepto nuestro tiempo y nuestra virtud», afirma Séneca, quizás el filósofo estoico más influyente de la historia. En los capítulos de El arte de ser feliz, el lector encontrará no solo consejos para encaminar su vida hacia la felicidad personal, sino también un gran consuelo contra las tristezas y el infortunio. ¿Cómo conseguimos dominar «el arte de ser feliz»? Séneca tiene una sola respuesta: siendo virtuosos y aceptando nuestra naturaleza humana.

The original Latin name of this important essay by Seneca, written around 60 CE, was De Beneficiis, which is why it is generally translated as ‘On Benefits'. However, it is more usefully titled ‘On Favours', because this is what it is essentially about: the giving and receiving of favours, with all the implications of such transactions.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, known as Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC - AD 65), is the author of On the Shortness of Life (c. 49 AD). In it, Seneca draws insight from different streams of ancient wisdom: Stoic, Epicurean, Platonic, Skeptic and Cynic, as he addresses some of the important questions humans face. Seneca encourages people to be mindful of time and to use it purposefully. He suggests awareness and acceptance as a remedy for many worries and wasteful dissipations.

There are times when we've all felt that we haven't been treated as we deserve—that we've been misjudged, shortchanged, or given a raw deal. And, at one time or another, other people have probably felt that we've treated them just as unfairly. How to Do the Right Thing draws on the principles of ancient Stoicism as articulated by the Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca to help listeners better navigate one of the most important practical questions of daily life—how to do right by others.

These three ‘Consolations', written by Seneca to his mother and two friends, have been described as ‘the crowning achievement in the canon of ‘consolation letters'. But sentimental they are not, for they emerge from the writer's deep-seated commitment to Stoicism, where individuals are exhorted to inhabit qualities of virtue, positivity, resilience, and indifference. This recording opens with Seneca's consolatory letter to Marcia, who, after three years, was still mourning the death of her son.

"Нравственные письма к Луцилию" - это кладезь мудрости и вдохновения от великого римского мыслителя и философа Сенеки. Сенека был основателем философии стоицизма и наставником императора Нерона. В этой книге он дает своему другу Луцилию ценные наставления, которые не теряют актуальности и по сей день.

Letters from a Stoic is collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for 15 years. They are addressed to Lucilius, the then procurator of Sicily. The letters highlight many moral and ethical ways to live, and address many of the issues known to man, about life and death. Each letter has been carefully adapted into modern English to allow for easy listening and understanding. This is the complete volume containing all 124 letters. Enjoy!

In On the Firmness of the Wise Man Seneca argues that Stoicism is not as harsh as it first appears. Recalling the figure of Cato the Younger, Seneca argues that Cato as a wise person suffered neither injury nor insult. Although Serenus objects to this paradox, Seneca provides further analogies to emphasize the impervious nature of the wise person. In chapter 5 Seneca distinguishes between contumelia (insults) and iniuria (injuries).

Composto da Seneca nel 58 dopo Cristo, quando il filosofo aveva 54 anni, De Vita Beata, è un dialogo dedicato al fratello Gallione. Il tema, così importante, ed esplorato anche da altri filosofi dell'epoca, è quello della felicità. Cos'è la felicità? Come si arriva ad essere felici? E la ricchezza quanto conta? Queste le domande fondamentali attorno alle quali è costruita la narrazione, e la soluzione.

È il decimo dei "Dialoghi" di Seneca, dedicato al suocero Pompeo Paolino, che aveva in quel momento l'importante incarico di prefetto dell'annona, cioè di raccolta e distribuzione del grano nell'Urbe. E proprio all'amico, oltre che parente, Seneca dà il consiglio di ritirarsi a vita privata, tralasciando ogni attività pubblica. Assumendo cioè un atteggiamento filosofico apparentemente epicureo, nonostante lo stesso Seneca fosse un esponente importante dello stoicismo romano.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental in guiding the Roman Empire under emperor Nero, Seneca influenced him from a young age with his Stoic principles. Later in life, he wrote Letters from a Stoic, detailing these principles in full. Seneca’s letters read like a diary or a handbook of philosophical meditations. Often beginning with observations on daily life, the letters focus on many traditional themes of Stoic philosophy, such as the contempt of death, the value of friendship, and virtue as the supreme good.

¿Te has detenido a pensar alguna vez en cómo vives tus días? ¿Sientes que el tiempo se te escapa, que la vida parece correr sin detenerse a esperarte? Ese sentimiento de que el tiempo se nos resbala entre los dedos, de que la vida nos empuja a un ritmo vertiginoso, es tan antiguo como la humanidad misma. El libro que tienes en tus manos, Sobre la brevedad de la vida, escrito por el filósofo estoico Séneca hace casi DOS MIL AÑOS, es un texto que desafía al lector a confrontar, sin rodeos, este incómodo dilema de la existencia: ¿qué hacemos con el tiempo que se nos ha dado?

Der erste Teil einer Auswahl der "Moralischen Briefe an Lucilius" von Lucius Annaeus Seneca – einem der bedeutendsten Werke der stoischen Literatur – liegt nun endlich als modernes Hörbuch vor. Diese Ausgabe basiert auf der gefeierten Neuübersetzung von Guido Bellberg, der auch die Hörbuchfassung spricht. Bellberg – bekannter Podcaster und einer der profiliertesten deutschsprachigen Stoiker – präsentiert in über vier Stunden die zentralen Briefe aus Band I in zeitgemäßer, klarer Sprache.

Sobre la firmeza del sabio, en este breve pero poderoso tratado, Séneca, uno de los grandes representantes del estoicismo, sostiene que el verdadero sabio es invulnerable al daño moral, sin importar las injusticias o agresiones externas que enfrente. La enseñanza central es clara y profundamente práctica: nada externo puede perturbar al que ha conquistado su interior.

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Wenn Dir ein Unheil passiert, gibt es für Dich kein besseres Heilmittel als die Lektüre von Lucius A. Seneca. Seine Schriften fanden die Bewunderung des Kirchenvaters Hieronymus, sie trösteten den römischen Senator Boethius im Gefängnis, sie wurden von Dante zitiert und von Rubens verehrt, sie entlockten sogar dem Erasmus höchstes Lob. Sein eigenes Leben vor 2000 Jahren scheint dazu in offenem Gegensatz zu stehen: Unter Kaiser Caligula wird Seneca verfolgt, unter Claudius verbannt und von Nero zum Selbstmord gezwungen.