On The Shortness Of Life - A Collector's Edition: Modernized Translation, Original Illustrations and Seneca's Biography

by Seneca, Angelo Zammit (Translator), Michael Hunter (Illustrator)

76 pages, Paperback

Published April 19, 2025

About the author

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca or Seneca the Younger); ca. 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero, who later forced him to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to have him assassinated.

Reviews

[Blake Watts · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some typo errors and repetition in this edition, which was disappointing. Seems almost a cut and paste print. That said, it’s always nice to spend time with Seneca, hence the second star. Find an older translation.