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De Vita Beata ("On the Happy Life") is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD. It was intended for his older brother Gallio, to whom Seneca also dedicated his dialogue entitled De Ira ("On Anger"). It is divided into 28 chapters that present the moral thoughts of Seneca at their most mature. Seneca explains that the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reason – reason meant not only using logic, but also understanding the processes of nature.

Seneca, in agreement with Stoic doctrine, argues that Nature is Reason (logos) and that people must use their powers of reason to live in harmony with nature and thus achieve happiness. In his words, "rerum naturae adsentior; ab illa non deerrare et ad illius legem exemplumque formari sapientia est," which means "I follow nature; it is common sense not to stray from it but to be molded according to its law and example." Seneca proposes to follow a logical sequence in this approach, starting with the definition of the objectives that the person wants to obtain. In decision-making he scorns the ways of the masses ("the most beaten and frequented paths are the most deceptive") since people are "more willing to trust another than to judge for themselves" and "a mistake that has been passed on from hand to hand finally involves us and works our destruction."

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca, statesman, philosopher, advocate and man of letters, was born at Cordoba in Spain around 4 BC. He rose to prominence in Rome, pursuing a career in the courts and political life, for which he had been trained, while also acquiring celebrity as an author of tragedies and essays. Falling foul of successive emperors (Caligula in AD 39 and Claudius in AD 41), he spent eight years in exile, allegedly for an affair with Caligula's sister. Recalled in AD 49, he was made praetor and was appointed tutor to the boy who was to become, in AD 54, the emperor Nero. On Nero's succession, Seneca acted for some eight years as an unofficial chief minister. The early part of this reign was remembered as a period of sound government, for which the main credit seems due to Seneca. His control over Nero declined as enemies turned the emperor against him with representations that his popularity made him a danger, or with accusations of immorality or excessive wealth. Retiring from public life he devoted his last three years to philosophy and writing, particularly the Letters to Lucilius. In AD 65 following the discovery of a plot against the emperor, in which he was thought to be implicated, he and many others were compelled by Nero to commit suicide. His fame as an essayist and dramatist lasted until two or three centuries ago, when he passed into literary oblivion, from which the twentieth century has seen a considerable recovery.

Sir William Smith (20 May 1813 - 7 October 1893) was an English lexicographer.

Translator Aubrey Stewart (1844-1918) M. A., was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B072XXBHH6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lazy Raven Publishing; 1st edition (19 June 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Lúcio Aneu Sêneca é conhecido também como Sêneca, o jovem ou o filósofo. Nasceu em Córdoba, aproximadamente em 4 a.C. e morreu em 65 d.C. por suicídio seguindo ordens de Nero.
Riqueza fantástica, fama literária, exílio, um surpreendente retorno ao auge do poder político e um final trágico: a vida de Sêneca é uma das grandes histórias pouco contadas da Roma Antiga. Sêneca viveu durante os principados de Calígula, Cláudio e Nero. Tal ambiente de abusos e degradação ética e moral foram influências fundamentais na sua obra. Conhecê-los ajuda a melhor compreender sua filosofia.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC – AD 65), also known as Seneca the Younger, was a Hispano-Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist.
Fabulous wealth, literary fame, exile, an amazing come back to the height of political power and a tragic ending the life of Seneca is one of the great untold stories of Ancient Rome.
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Good common sense

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 16 December 2017

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I bought the Kindle version as I spend so much time in doctors' waiting rooms these days and it's a better alternative than four months' old Hello magazines. It's all common sense really but it's comforting to see it all written down as we are all in danger of having warped ideas having watched crappy adverts on telly and magazines undermining our worth about body image and possessions. It would be good to see a children's version perhaps in cartoons or at least accessible. Cindy's make do and mend manual?

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Steven Culshaw

Seneca the great. Awesome read.

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I am relatively new to stoicism. The teachings reveal that other people can hold us back with idle chatter and lack of ambition. Furthermore, it is interesting how 2000 years ago he discusses how gossip and the opinions of others shape our lives and are the cause of a lot of our fears. These same tactics are fed today through the media.

The book places virtue at the centre of a happy life, seeing our internal world as wealth through knowledge and doing good to others. The book states that the actions of words and loss of income cannot do you harm unless you allow it to happen. I truly wish more people would read Seneca and Aurelieus plus at such a cheap price that develops a healthy mindset. These stoic philosophies work perfectly with meditation.

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A masterful classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 February 2016

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This is an extremely well researched book about the philosopher and Roman statesman Seneca. Seneca was one of the Roman super rich. He railed against consumerism even as he accumulated more wealth. He was obsessed with money and its discontents and this book shows his route to true happiness and the lesson he is able to teach us today.

Well written and reminded me of BBC Radio 4 Melvin Bragg In Our Time!

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Tony Hyland

A classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 2 July 2021

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One of the great philosophical works which still delights and intrigues and provides food for thought for us all even in our own times...

teri hodkinson

inspirational

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 February 2018

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I thoroughly enjoyed ' On The Happy Life ' , it is written as tho you were in the room with Seneca, it all makes perfect sence , the world over should read this , understand and practice it , then we really would have world peace x

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