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How To Read Seneca (The World’s Most Interesting Stoic)

The Daily Stoic

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Seneca - The Difference Between the Image and the Reality

The only actual bust of seneca that survives is this bustand it's actually, on the back i cicero is coming out. Seneca sees himself and presents himself in his writings this haggard, thin, you know, lean figure. But in fact, he looked more like this. And to me, the difference of the image and the reality is also an important philosophical concept.

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