On The Shortness of Life: An Introduction to Seneca

On The Shortness of Life: An Introduction to Seneca

Samurai and Seneca agreed: comfort with death brings better living. (Photo: Kalandrakas) “We don’t beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.” -Randy Pausch (1960-2008), The Last Lecture at Carnegie Mellon   This week, one of my friends died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was in his …