Required Reading: Letter 32: On Progress
“Would you know what makes men greedy for the future? It is because no one has yet found himself.”
This one is golden! Make haste—put your life in order fast! Then enjoy the rest of your days retiring early from the hustle of working life. Seneca admonishes Lucilius that it is imperative to live his life as if “an enemy were at your back…” for it is indeed true that “the enemy is indeed pressing upon you.”
Life and all of its responsibilities—Fortune and all of its Givings are indeed the enemy pressing upon our backs and if we are wise, we would ‘therefore increase our speed and escape away and reach a safe position…’ Continue reading “Discourse 32: Regarding On Progress”