#seneca

[resqectable]

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Seneca

[philosophybits]

If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according what others think, you will never be rich.

Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius

[thoughtkick]

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Seneca

[quotemadness]

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Seneca

[perfectfeelings]

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Seneca

[thehopefulquotes]

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Seneca

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Quaeris, quid doceam? Etiam seni esse discendum.*

Seneca

You ask, what may I teach? That an old man must learn too.*

Marcel Duchamp plays chess with Eve Babitz, 1963.

[pazzesco]

Seneca woman Ah-Weh-Eyu (Pretty Flower), 1908.

[perfectquote]

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Seneca

[mindfulstudyquest]

“ vindica te tibi „ – and what we should learn from an old stoic like Seneca

if you have ever studied latin or philosophy, you will certainly have stumbled upon Seneca, a very problematic dude who, however, occasionally said the right things.

“ vindica te tibi „ is my all-time-favorite latin quote, it litterally means “ vindicate yourself for yourself „, but we can translate it better with “ take control of yourself „. in order to deeply understand this statement, let's take a look at stoic philosophy.

stoicism [ from latin stōicus and ancient greek Στωϊκός ( stōïkós ) ]: it’s a philosophy designed to make us more resilient, happier, more virtuous and more wise and – as a result – better people, better parents and better professionals. it is a philosophical and spiritual current with a rational (human rationality is the basis of everything), pantheistic (everything is God, God is everywere, the whole universe is God), deterministic (nothing happens by chance but everything is regulated by precise logical laws), and dogmatic (all that is, as being, is real and concrete) imprint, with a strong ethical and tendentially optimistic orientation. stoicism was founded in Athens around 300 bc by Zeno of Citium and later it was introduced to rome by Panaetius of Rhodes in the 2nd century bc. stoicism is a tool in the pursuit of self-mastery, perseverance, and wisdom: something one uses to live a great life, rather than some esoteric field of academic inquiry. [ sources wikipedia and dailystoic ]

Seneca was a stoic philosopher who lived in rome in the 1st century ad, and he wrote this quote in a letter addressed to Lucilus, a friend of his much younger than him, interested in philosophy and politics.

in this letter ( the first of his epistolary ) he deals with the theme of time and the brevity of life, a subject that he would often return to in many of his works. basically Seneca claims that life isn't actually that short, as the majority of people complain, we're just very good at waste our time beign slaves of something, instead of using it wisley. there are many ways people waste their time, he calls them " the busy ones ", those people who spend their energies on useless business and relationships, which lead neither to their personal growth nor to an economic, social or psychological advantage, just because they're used to it.

Seneca is saying that we are so used to wasting time, doing certain things just because we have been taught to do so, that we don't realize that we could do much more for ourselves and for our enviroment if we only knew how to use our time correctly.

" vindica te tibi " means that you have to take control of your time, because no one can give it back to you. your future depends on the investment in yourself and in your time, your future and who you are as a person is up to you. take control of yourself.

[altri-menti]

Bisogna dare all'anima un po' di tregua.

(Lucio Anneo Seneca)

[quotefeeling]

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Seneca

[philosophybits]

People lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.

Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

“You have the fears of a mortal and yet the desires of immortals.” — Seneca

[quotemadness]

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Seneca

[illustratus]

The Death of Seneca by Manuel Domínguez Sánchez