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"It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us...without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry."

A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith

Throughout the centuries, Seneca has been admired as one of the greatest writers of antiquity. He has a way of expressing Stoic philosophy that makes it seem just as relevant to life today as it was two thousand years ago. Seneca taught that we should remain grounded in the present... Read Full Overview

The Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) recorded his moral philosophy and reflections on life as a highly original kind of correspondence. Letters on Ethics includes vivid descriptions of town and country life in Nero's Italy, discussions of poetry and... Read Full Overview

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No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental... Read Full Overview

An invaluable collection of wisdom penned by the ancient philosopher Seneca. This compendium of insightful correspondence offers a road map to a more fulfilled existence, inviting readers to adopt the stoic mindset and attain greater resilience, wisdom, and serenity. Seneca's... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental... Read Full Overview

Letters from a Stoic, include the complete surviving collection of 124 letters that Seneca the Younger wrote at the end of his life. They were written during his retirement, after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for more than ten years. They are addressed to Lucilius, the... Read Full Overview

As chief advisor to the emperor Nero, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was most influential in ancient Rome as a power behind the throne. His lasting fame derives from his writings on Stoic ideology, in which philosophy is a practical form of self-improvement rather than a matter of argument... Read Full Overview

"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Letters from a Stoic still holds the power to enthrall. The epistles were written by Seneca at the end of his life, during his retirement, after he had worked for the Emperor Nero... Read Full Overview

In one single volume, Seneca's Letters from a Stoic: Seneca's Moral Letters to Lucilius , derived from the Richard Gummere (1883-1969) translations originally published in three separate volumes in the United States prior to 1926 under the title Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales... Read Full Overview

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'Where you arrive does not matter so much as what sort of person you are when you arrive there.'

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4BC-AD 65) is one of the most eminent Roman philosophers... Read Full Overview

As chief advisor to the emperor Nero, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was most influential in ancient Rome as a power behind the throne. His lasting fame derives from his writings on Stoic ideology, in which philosophy is a practical form of self-improvement rather than a matter of... Read Full Overview

2018 Reprint of 1925 Edition. This edition is a one volume republication of the Richard Mott Gummere translation of Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales AD Lucilium, originally published in three volumes by William Heinemann, London, 1917-25 and G. P. Putnam's Sons, New... Read Full Overview

***Edición con TODAS las Cartas de Séneca a su buen amigo Lucilio*** Quizá pensamos que vamos a estar aquí para siempre , que las personas que queremos van a estar aquí para siempre. Hoy día podemos comprar casi cualquier cosa con nuestros teléfonos de última generación sin mover... Read Full Overview

***Segunda edici?n (noviembre 2021). Revisada y corregida.***