In the ongoing “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers” series from Princeton University Press, “How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely” may be one of the most timely publications with the arrival of a new year. With the inevitable lists of New Year’s resolutions, making the most of our time is often on the list.
In this book, translator James S. Romm, who is the James H. Ottaway Jr. professor of classics at Bard College, takes excerpts from two of Seneca’s works: “On the Shortness of Life” and “Moral Epistles.”
