#24 – Letters from a Stoic, by Seneca, translated by Richard Mott Gummere

This is not a review of the philosophy of Stoicism, which I am still interested in learning about.

This is a review of Seneca’s incredibly long, dry, repetitive presentation of his views on Stoicism, which I could not force myself to read at a pace more than ten or fifteen minutes at a time before I became incredibly frustrated by his pedantic style. DNF @ roughly 50%, and I’m honestly amazed...