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Moral Letters to Lucilius Paperback – October 16, 2018

by Seneca (Author)
3.0 3.0 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
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The Moral Letters to Lucilius is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for more than ten years. They are addressed to Lucilius, the then procurator of Sicily, although he is known only through Seneca's writings. Regardless of how Seneca and Lucilius actually corresponded, it is clear that Seneca crafted the letters with a broad readership in mind. The letters often begin with an observation on daily life before proceeding to an issue or principle that is abstracted from it. The result is a diary or handbook of philosophical meditations. The letters focus on many traditional themes of Stoic philosophy such as the contempt of death, the stout-heartedness of the sage, and virtue as the supreme good.
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    October 16, 2018
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    5.98 x 0.67 x 9.02 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1727881257
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 16, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1727881257
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1727881257
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.67 x 9.02 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.0 3.0 out of 5 stars 17 ratings

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Weston Lambert
2.0 out of 5 stars Terrible print quality
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2021
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The book looks like it was printed on a home computer by someone who swiped the cover image from the interwebs. Print inside is micro.
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Thomas Woynar
5.0 out of 5 stars All good
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2019
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Good book, small font though
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Clay
5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest investment in yourself
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2020
I'm surprised that this isn't rated 5 stars. I'm 32 and do not have a college education. However, it doesn't matter your age or educational background, this audiobook is superb and the narrator could not have done a better job.

Screw the repackage new age nonsense everyone has been selling for the last 50 years. This was written close to 2,000 years ago and the every bit as relevant today as it was back then. It reminds you that even though our technology changes, human nature does not, nor do the facts of life.

I listen to this daily to keep me grounded in reality and make sure I always have a positive influence in my life giving me advice and telling me the things I need to hear, the things you'll rarely if ever hear on TV or from the media.

1,000% worth every cent. This is the most import audiobook in my library and I'll make sure I always have it with me, in some form or fashion.
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Mark G
5.0 out of 5 stars the one to get
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2016
This is the one to get--the Richard Gummere translation, unabridged, and professionally recorded by an actor (James Cameron Stewart) who understands the sense of the material and brings it to life with skill and care. The production is smart, the recording is pristine, and it's going to bear up well to repeated listening.

This completes a trio of great Stoic texts now available in unabridged audio editions that all have a permanent spot on my iPod, the other two being Epictetus'  The Enchiridion & Discourses  (also by Ukemi Audiobooks) and the Naxos version of Marcus Aurelius'  Meditations  (narrated by Duncan Steen).

In this era when amateur audiobook productions of public-domain texts are readily available, and are so often disappointing in one way or another, it's great to see serious publishers taking them on and giving them the full professional treatment.
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Casey Burns
3.0 out of 5 stars Nature of man explained
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2019
Common sense that is timeless. It proves that man hasn’t changed a bit since then other than technology.
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1.0 out of 5 stars unreadable - do not purchase
Reviewed in Canada on September 26, 2021
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text size is minuscule. hard to read

worse : it was badly printed, ink smeared on every page. Sometimes whole words or group of words are unreadable.

I was looking into returning book for refund, but I dont have time to pack book and wait in line at Post office.

Make sure not to purchase books printed by Amazon. It's amateur work.
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Manuel Waldhaeusl
1.0 out of 5 stars Zu kleine und Kontrastschwache Schriftart
Reviewed in Germany on March 24, 2021
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Ich dachte die anderen Rezessionen sind übertrieben, aber nein. Die Schriftart ist viel zu klein und hat einen schwachen Kontrast (der Text scheint in grau statt schwarz gedruckt zu sein).
Die Einführung (rechte Seite im Bild) ist noch in einer normalen Schriftart gedruckt, aber die Briefe (linke Seite) sind zu klein.
Ich habe mir die Augen lasern lassen und habe jetzt eine überdurchschnittliche Sehstärke und kann diese Briefe nur bei PERFEKTEN Lichtverhältnissen lesen.

Als Krönung ist sogar das Titelbild in schlechter Qualität und voller Kompressions-Artefakte.

Lieber eine Alternative Version oder eine Lupe kaufen
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Manuel Waldhaeusl
1.0 out of 5 stars Zu kleine und Kontrastschwache Schriftart
Reviewed in Germany on March 24, 2021
Ich dachte die anderen Rezessionen sind übertrieben, aber nein. Die Schriftart ist viel zu klein und hat einen schwachen Kontrast (der Text scheint in grau statt schwarz gedruckt zu sein).
Die Einführung (rechte Seite im Bild) ist noch in einer normalen Schriftart gedruckt, aber die Briefe (linke Seite) sind zu klein.
Ich habe mir die Augen lasern lassen und habe jetzt eine überdurchschnittliche Sehstärke und kann diese Briefe nur bei PERFEKTEN Lichtverhältnissen lesen.

Als Krönung ist sogar das Titelbild in schlechter Qualität und voller Kompressions-Artefakte.

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Francisco Castillo
1.0 out of 5 stars Decepcionado
Reviewed in Spain on March 28, 2020
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La letra del texto es ridículamente pequeña, casi imposible de leer
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Ucheben
1.0 out of 5 stars Reservation
Reviewed in Germany on March 13, 2020
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Bad print work. Difficult to read
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Harald Bierbrauer
1.0 out of 5 stars Poor edditting
Reviewed in Germany on December 20, 2019
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Poor edditting. Impossible to read.
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