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Death, Dying, and Seneca with James Romm

Practical Stoicism

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How Can I Approach Death Better Than Seneca Went Into Dying?

Seneca spent his whole life learning how to die well, and then what a botched series of efforts. He idolized Socrates yet never lived up to that ideal. People in European society or North American society routinely kept skulls on their desks or on their bookshelves with the inscription Memento Mori. Remember that you're going to die.

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