rolling Seneca moral letters to Lucilius feel like I'm learning how to live
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and yet, imho Seneca is overrated. He writes beautifully and his advices are gems. But actually he comes from a rich family and never had to go through real hardship.
This contrasts a lot with Epictetus, who was a slave, and with Marcus Aurelius, who had to show up every day to rule an empire. Their lives were consistent with their talk.
agree with you, but still, the great part of the pattern to grow is internal, encouraged, but not hard-dependent on social roles.