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Downvotes/tone aside, Letters from a Stoic is indeed a much easier to digest read. Much of Meditations feels particular to Aurelius, his education and his probl
by alinajaf 14y ago
Downvotes/tone aside, Letters from a Stoic is indeed a much easier to digest read. Much of Meditations feels particular to Aurelius, his education and his problems where Seneca feels a bit more easily applicable to life in the 21st century.
- peteretep 14y agoI found the opposite; Meditations felt like immediate practical wisdom, Letters from a Stoic I struggled to keep reading. Also: if you're going to take self-help advice from anyone, might as well be the World's Most Important Man (at time of writing).