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“Icaromenippus, an Aerial Expedition” by the poet Lucian
Ryan Holiday • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
Petronius was some thirty years younger than Seneca: he was born around 27 CE, so would have been in his thirties in the sixties. Petronius was dubbed the “arbiter of taste” (arbiter elegantium), known for his risky, witty speech and his love of parties. Unlike Seneca, Petronius rose to the senatorial class.
Emily Wilson • The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca
“As soon as one adopts a way of life in accordance with the law, even though a lover of money, one is forced to act contrary to natural ways and to lend without interest to the needy and to cancel the debt when the seventh year arrives” (2:8).
John Dominic Crossan • The Greatest Prayer
Get ready to do whatever it takes to get people to come to your shows—threaten, blackmail, even kidnap little dogs if it helps bring them to your exhibitions. Also be ethical and nice, kind and courteous. Art has no rules.