Seneca's View of Time and Money

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In Seneca's view, we tend to regard time as infinite so that we don't make good use of it. If you had a certain amount of money and he makes the analogy very explicit between time and money,. You could be very rich with a modest amount if you use it well versus someone who has a fortune but squanders it and then ends up poor. So it's the same with time. Whereas with money, we might know how much we have, with time, we don't know howmuch we have. But if we are more intentional with it, if we're more careful with it, then we can make more out of it and perhaps make it feel longer.

Many listeners have written in expressing difficulty in accepting death and reframing it as the Stoics framed it. So, in today's episode, I speak with Professor of Classics at Bard University and author of "How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life" and "Dying Every Day, Seneca at the Court of Nero." During our conversation, James shares much about Seneca's life with me, and much about why overcoming death is critical to living a good life. We also discuss the concept of "dying well."

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