#philosophy He was the tutor of the emperor-artist [[Nero]], who was falsely accused of being a terrible emperor and tyrant, though, he ordered **Seneca** to suicide. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97411.Letters_from_a_Stoic" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Letters from a Stoic" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1421619214l/97411._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97411.Letters_from_a_Stoic">Letters from a Stoic</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4918776.Seneca">Seneca</a><br/> My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3250941096">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /> A life-hack jewel that have passed the test of time, proving it's quality, e.g. Lindy-proof book.<br />Everything wrote by Seneca are simple and powerful life-hacks, mental models, heuristics.<br />I'd even go further and compare to some law of physics: simple, precise, generic and very powerful.<br /><br />Slow reading, thinking, writing, teaching, discussing, e.g. learning. <br/><br/> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/103091881-louis-beaumont">View all my reviews</a>