Stoic Philosophy to Fall Asleep To | Seneca: Life Is Long If You Know How to Use It |

Seneca once wrote that life is not short. We make it short. Fall asleep to the timeless wisdom of Seneca, the Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and advisor to the emperor Nero. In this slow, calm exploration of his essay On the Shortness of Life and his Letters to Lucilius, we discover why life is long enough — if we know how to use it. In this video: Why the busiest people often forget to truly live Why we guard our money but give our time away Postponement — the greatest obstacle to living Living as if we had forever The past as a harvest no one can take from you Borrowing the wisdom of the greatest minds in history True leisure (otium) and seeing your life clearly Measuring a life by how well it is lived, not how long "Vindica te tibi" — claim yourself for yourself "It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it." — Seneca, On the Shortness of Life Part of the INNER FORGE "Fall Asleep to" series — slow, uplifting philosophy from the greatest thinkers in history. If these ideas are worth returning to, consider subscribing so you can come back to them anytime. #Seneca #Stoicism #PhilosophyForSleep