How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life

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Timeless wisdom on death and dying from the celebrated Stoic philosopher Seneca

“It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die,” wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counsele

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By: Seneca

Timeless wisdom on death and dying from the celebrated Stoic philosopher Seneca

“It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die,” wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counseled readers to “study death always,” and took his own advice, returning to the subject again and again in all his writings, yet he never treated it in a complete work. How to Die gathers in one volume, for the first time, Seneca’s remarkable meditations on death and dying. Edited and translated by James S. Romm, How to Die reveals a provocative thinker and dazzling writer who speaks with a startling frankness about the need to accept death or even, under certain conditions, to seek it out.

Seneca believed that life is only a journey toward death and that one must rehearse for death throughout life. Here, he tells us how to practice for death, how to die well, and how to understand the role of a good death in a good life. He stresses the universality of death, its importance as life’s final rite of passage, and its ability to liberate us from pain, slavery, or political oppression.

Featuring beautifully rendered new translations, How to Die also includes an enlightening introduction, notes, the original Latin texts, and an epilogue presenting Tacitus’s description of Seneca’s grim suicide.

Author: Seneca
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 02/27/2018
Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.70w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780691175577
Language: English

Author

Seneca

Binding

ISBN10

0691175578

ISBN13

9780691175577

Page Count

256

Published Date

February 27, 2018

Series

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Language

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