Dopisy psané stoikem – Seneca Lucius Annaeus (2018)

What is the meaning of life, what constitutes true happiness, how to achieve lasting joy, an unshakable mind and wisdom, how to live, but also how to die, these are the fundamental themes and questions of the most famous and widely read work of Seneca, which was created nearly two thousand years ago and is now being presented in its entirety to the Czech reader for the first time. One of the most quoted authors of all time responds to the basic questions of human existence through letters addressed to his friend Lucilius Iunior and offers a key to becoming a true sage and resembling a god. Avoid the crowd, strive for lasting mental peace, unwavering balance, and inner autonomy, cultivate independence from the fickle and unpredictable Fortune, which sometimes generously bestows gifts and at other times takes them away, disdain wealth, fame, and even death, do not succumb to passions and external impulses, detach yourself from all that is transient, and above all, learn to live in harmony with nature and never cease in self-improvement and the conscious shaping of your own self – these are the main teachings and recommendations that Lucius Annaeus Seneca developed and formulated as early as 63 and 64 AD, and which, thanks to their significant individualism, as well as modern language and vivid diction,…