Summary
Seneca: How to Die
An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
Edited, translated from Latin, and introduction: James S. Rom
"It takes a lifetime to learn how to die," wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca. He advised his readers to "always study death," and he followed his own advice. the entire work.
This book gathers Seneca's extraordinary reflections on death and dying in one place.
Seneca believed that life is only a path to death and that through life one must practice death. Here he tells us how to practice it, and how to understand the role of a good death in a good life.
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