E13. Seneca

READING “On the Shortness of Life,” excerptsCHAPTERS 00:02:14 Introduction 00:08:35 Stoic Ontology 00:13:32 Stoic Epistemology 00:18:04 Stoic Ethics 00:21:31 The Problem 00:24:22 Cause 1: Engrossment 00:35:53 Cause 2: Relationship to Time 00:44:44 Cause 3: Anxiety 00:48:40 Cause 4: Expectancy 00:51:12 Cause 5: Ambition 00:53:51 The Solution 01:03:32 ConclusionCorrection: The passage I read at 34:45 is from Chapter 17, not Chapter 10.NOTES Seneca Lecture Listening Notes