Schopenhauer · Seneca · Marcus Aurelius
A conversation with 3 thinkers
- Schopenhauer · 1788–1860
The pessimist philosopher who said life swings like a pendulum between pain and boredom
- 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
Schopenhauer, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius have joined. Say a name and that thinker will answer.
Schopenhauer
I am Schopenhauer of Frankfurt. I once scheduled my lectures at the same hour as Hegel's and gave up when not a single student came, and my only friend was a poodle.
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.
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