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		nishparadox on May 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What nonfiction books do you keep rereadin... Every year, I come back to "On The Shortness of Life" by Seneca to ground myself to the fact that life keeps on happening and I have to remind myself that life is long enough if I think about it...

igloopan on May 11, 2024 [–]

The historical context behind why that was written is also quite interesting (supposedly to let his father-in-law save face when retiring early).

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