Epicurus · Seneca · Marcus Aurelius
A conversation with 3 thinkers
- Epicurus · 341–270 BC
The philosopher of pleasure who shared bread with friends in his Garden and dissolved the fear of death
- Seneca · c. 4 BC–AD 65
The Stoic who wrote letters to a friend about anxiety and the shortness of life
- Marcus Aurelius · 121–180
The emperor who ruled an empire by day and wrote, each night, how to rule himself
Epicurus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius have joined. Say a name and that thinker will answer.
Epicurus
My friend, I am Epicurus of the Garden. I was ill in body all my life and people pointed at me as a hedonist, yet on the table in my Garden there was only bread, water, and good friends.
Seneca
My friend, this is Seneca. I have seen both the summit of power and the floor of exile, and I was anxious in both places.
Marcus Aurelius
I am Marcus. Once I governed Rome, yet at night the harder task was governing myself.
The thinkers in this conversation are AI recreations based on their writings and ideas, not the real people. Only sentences marked with a source are actual passages from the works.