Essays 7: Of a Happy Life Audiobook (Free)

Of a Happy Life can be an essay written by Seneca around the entire year 58 AD. It had been designed for his older sibling Gallio, to whom Seneca also dedicated his dialogue entitled De Ira (‘On Anger’). It really is divided into 28 chapters that present the moral thoughts of Seneca at their most mature. Seneca explains that the quest for happiness may be the pursuit of cause – reason meant not merely using reasoning, but also understanding the processes of nature.

Translation by Aubrey Stewart and produced by Vox Stoica

Seneca’s Essays Series:

1) Of providence – addressed to Lucilius

2) On the Firmness from the Wise Man – addressed to Serenus

3-5) Of Anger (Books 1-3) – addressed to his brother Novatus

6) Of Consolation – addressed to Marcia

7) Of the Happy Life – addressed to Gallio

8) Of Amusement – resolved to Serenus

9) Of Tranquillity of Brain – resolved to Serenus

10) For the Shortness of Life – dealt with to Paulinus

11) Of Consolation – addressed to Polybius

12) Of Consolation – addressed to Helvia