On The Shortness of LifeSeneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman. He is best known for his dramatic plays and philosophical works that include some of the most important writings on stoicism. On the Shortness of Life was written in his later years as a letter to his brother. This age old wisdom is as applicable to us in our lives today as it was when Seneca wrote it in Imperial Rome. Now more than ever, society is desperate for Stoics, people of personal virtue and