That's exactly why you should read it, and other great works. "Those who don't learn from history" and all that. I just recently read "On the Shortness of Life"

That's exactly why you should read it, and other great works. "Those who don't learn from history" and all that. I just recently read "On the Shortness of Life" by Seneca and I'll be damned if it couldn't have been written yesterday.