{"product_id":"the-stoic-wisdom-of-seneca-practical-lessons-on-time-anger-and-living-well-9781961963986","title":"The Stoic Wisdom of Seneca: Practical Lessons on Time, Anger, and Living Well","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeneca advised an emperor. He also accumulated more wealth than almost any man in Rome - and spent decades questioning whether any of it was worth having.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wrote under pressure most people don't survive: political exile, proximity to Nero, the constant threat of disgrace or death. His letters to Lucilius weren't philosophical treatises. They were written in the margins of a life that remained dangerous and uncertain until the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book brings you directly into that correspondence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach selected passage is paired with a clear explanation and a direct application, built around the pressures Seneca faced and wrote about most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✔️ How to recover your time when distraction has already taken most of it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✔️ How to recognize anger before it reshapes your decisions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✔️ How to hold your footing when ambition or approval starts pulling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✔️ How to keep wealth and reputation where they belong - useful, not defining\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter centers on one pattern Seneca observed in himself and others, showing how a small set of principles can hold up when circumstances don't cooperate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book to open when pressure is already present and use rather than admire. \u003cstrong\u003eIf you want your thinking to stay steady when life doesn't - this book was written for you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Lawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Novus Liber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961963986","brand":"Novus Liber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47970687549577,"sku":"9781961963986","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c78afdbf-d009-4d1d-9b78-a653d9bd99c4.jpg?v=1787099456","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-stoic-wisdom-of-seneca-practical-lessons-on-time-anger-and-living-well-9781961963986","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}