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Letters from a Stoic The Ancient Classic (Capstone Classics)

Seneca

DISCOVER THE ENDURING LEGACY OF ANCIENT STOICISM Since Roman antiquity, Lucius Annaeus Seneca’s Letters have been one of the greatest expressions of Stoic philosophy. In a highly accessible and timeless way, Seneca reveals the importance of cultivating virtue and the fleeting nature of time, and ho...

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The Daily Stoic

It was praised as a great audio book, and was mentioned in detail, as it's a translation of Seneca's works with audio recordings.

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In this episode, I'm bringing you one of Seneca's letters. This is from one of my favorite audio books. My dear friend, Tim Ferriss produced it. He calls it The Tao of Seneca.

— Episode: Seneca on Practicing What You Preach

Episode: Seneca on Practicing What You Preach

It was praised as a great audio book, and was mentioned in detail, as it's a translation of Seneca's works with audio recordings.

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In this episode, I'm bringing you one of Seneca's letters. This is from one of my favorite audio books. My dear friend, Tim Ferriss produced it. He calls it The Tao of Seneca.

Episode: Seneca on Being

An audiobook compilation of Seneca's Moral Letters, described as the best of Seneca's letters, was favorably reviewed and recommended for listeners who prefer audiobooks over reading.

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So there's not a great selection and that's why I was so excited when a few years ago my friend Tim Ferris brought out the Dow of Seneca an audiobook that's essentially the best of Seneca's letters.

I recommend this to people all the time who maybe are more listeners than readers and I said, hey Tim, can I run some of my favorite letters from your audiobook on the podcast?

Episode: Seneca on Conquering the Conqueror

This book was mentioned as an audiobook produced by Tim Ferriss. A PDF of it was offered as a free download.

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In today's episode, Ryan presents an excerpt from The Tao Of Seneca produced by Tim Ferriss' Audio.

If you haven't bought it or read the PDF highly recommended, you can actually get the PDF totally for free at Tim.blogslash.

Episode: Seneca on Philosophy and Friendship

A compilation of Seneca's letters, this audiobook was mentioned as a source for the episode's excerpt. A free PDF was also available.

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Tim Ferriss published his audiobook a few years ago called The Dow of Senica. It's compilation of Senica's letters.

You can get that free PDF at tim.blogslashsenica. You can get the audiobook version of it. I'll link to it in today's show notes and then you can pick up letters from a stoke if you want to read it.

Episode: Seneca on the First Cause

An audiobook from which several excerpts were used in this podcast episode; the episode host, Ryan, highly recommends it.

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I just love Seneca's letters so much that here we are 2000 years later able to sort of peek in on this wonderful friendship and conversation he was having with the one and only Lucilius.

I hope you do check out the audio book The Dow of Seneca.

Episode: Seneca on Pleasure and Joy

An audiobook of Seneca's letters, it was described as a wonderful public service for making Stoic audiobooks more available. The podcast excerpt focused on a letter discussing pleasure versus joy and preferred indifferents.

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This is an excerpt from Tim Ferris' wonderful, the Dow of Santa Cah, his audiobook of Santa Cah's letters which audiobooks of the Stoics are really hard to find in Tim I think has done a wonderful public service by putting this out in the world.

But in this letter, one of my favorite letters from Santa Cah, Santa Cah is talking about pleasure and joy.

Santa Cah talks in this letter about that idea of preferred indifference meaning things we can pursue but shouldn't pursue too hard, things we can enjoy but don't necessarily make us better human beings.

Episode: Seneca on Philosophy and Friendship

An audio collection of Seneca's letters, focusing on overcoming troubles, true friendship, and valuing friendship. Excerpts from letter nine were used in this podcast episode.

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if you wish to be loved love

a wise man never values friendship above his own self, but that we retire to our inner self and yet friendship indisputably makes life better.

Hikato says I can show you a filter compounded without drugs, herbs or any which is in temptation if you would be loved love.

a man may rule the world and still be unhappy if he does not feel that he is supremely happy

unblessed is he who thinks himself unblessed

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