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10 items
- 011. focus on the user and all else will follow
- 022. it's best to do one thing really, really well
- 033. fast is better than slow
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seneca letters worth reading first
124 letters is a lot. this is the order I'd hand someone who has never read a word of stoicism.
01
Letter I - On Saving Time
four pages, and it's basically the whole thesis. start here.
02
Letter II - On Discursiveness in Reading
read a few authors well instead of skimming everything. I needed this one.
03
Letter V - On the Philosopher's Mean
04
Letter VII - On Crowds
his warning about crowds ruining your character holds up scarily well for group chats
05
Letter XVI - On Philosophy, the Guide of Life
(check the attribution) - this gets misquoted as a standalone line constantly, read the whole letter
06
Letter XXIII - On the True Joy Which Comes from Philosophy
the distinction between pleasure and joy. reread this one every year or so
07
Letter XXVIII - On Travel as a Cure for Discontent
"you change your climate, not your character" - he's talking directly to people who think a trip will fix them
08
genuinely uncomfortable. he's still a slaveholder writing it, don't sand that off
09
Letter LXIII - On Grief for Lost Friends
sits with grief longer than I expected from a stoic. not the toughen-up letter people assume it is
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