The Best of Farnam Street 2018
We read for the same reasons we have conversations — to enrich our lives. Reading helps us to think, feel, and reflect — not only upon ourselves and others but upon our ideas, and our relationship …
We read for the same reasons we have conversations — to enrich our lives. Reading helps us to think, feel, and reflect — not only upon ourselves and others but upon our ideas, and our relationship …
Why is it that some people seem to be able to read a book once and remember every detail of it for life, while others struggle to recall even the title a few days after putting down a book? The answer …
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (around 4 B.C.—A.D. 65) was an insightful lawyer, senator, philosopher, and playwright best known for his pithy wisdom that still helps understand how to deal with anger, …
Around 10:00 pm one night when I was 16 my cell phone rang with a panicked voice on the other side. My best friend was barely able to remain calm enough to get words out of his mouth. After a bit of …
The more I read Seneca the more I like the man. I read Susanna Braund’s translation of De Clementia in 2011 but never got around to reading more. My mistake. Writing in Antifragile, Nassim Taleb says …
Susanna Braund‘s translation of Seneca’s De Clementia, is well worth the read. Seneca addresses De Clementia to the young Roman emperor Nero, with the aim of depicting the ideal ruler. …