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How to Keep Your Cool

Auteur(s): Seneca, James S. Romm - translator
Narrateur(s): P.J. Ochlan
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In his essay On Anger (De Ira), the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BC-AD 65) argues that anger is the most destructive passion: "No plague has cost the human race more dear." This was proved by his own life, which he barely preserved under one wrathful emperor, Caligula, and lost under a second, Nero. This splendid new translation of essential selections from On Anger, presented with an enlightening introduction, offers listeners a timeless guide to avoiding and managing anger.  

Drawing on his great arsenal of rhetoric, including historical examples (especially from Caligula's horrific reign), anecdotes, quips, and soaring flights of eloquence, Seneca builds his case against anger with mounting intensity. Like a fire-and-brimstone preacher, he paints a grim picture of the moral perils to which anger exposes us, tracing nearly all the world's evils to this one toxic source. But he then uplifts us with a beatific vision of the alternate path, a path of forgiveness and compassion that resonates with Christian and Buddhist ethics.

Seneca's thoughts on anger have never been more relevant than today, when uncivil discourse has increasingly infected public debate. Whether seeking personal growth or political renewal, listeners will find, in Seneca's wisdom, a valuable antidote to the ills of an angry age.

©2019 Princeton University Press (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

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Don’t bother.

This is the 2nd 2000 year old book I’ve read. The first was the slog Meditations by Marcus Arelius.
This reads better and faster but it’s still just a cute journal entry. Not a book.

It’s free on Audible and my anger is always something I’ve wanted to control.

Seneca writes this in the 1st Century AD. What’s interesting is how little we’ve changed in 2000 years as a species. Though the quality of literature has consistently improved in the last few hundred years, we are still the same and not much evolved.

You can tell the basis for him writing this is his hard on for Caligula’s life. While Seneca preaches for all to remove anger from themselves he neglects the fact that his own ego is what drives him to write this. Very contradictory in my opinion. All the topics covered are quite rudimentary by our standards though I’m sure back then it would have blown some minds.

Basic takeaways:
Judge not lest ye be judged, no human is innocent, always show mercy to others because we are all the same, it’s better to completely remove anger from your spirit because it’s bad for it and uncontrollable.

I don’t really agree with the philosophy taught in this. Most modern teachings will tell you how useful a tool anger is. If you allow it to teach you where it comes from you can heal the trauma that it permeates from. To ignore it would be detrimental to your soul. For anyone to live a life that they are simply avoidant of it by means of enlightenment is just fantasy. Especially in the current climate of this world.

It was a short read. It’s a journal entry not a book. Glad I enlightened myself of the past today but not one I’d reread or recommend.

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Classic era philosophy with bad modern presentation

Voice actor is the worst part and makes getting through the book feel like a chore. Though Seneca makes some good, universally accessible points, many feel completely out of place for a modern audience such as mentions of getting angry at, or anger from, Kings/emperors, slaves or having bigger worries such as random wild animal attacks.

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Narrator sounds like AI

This is an interesting presentation of Seneca’s writings on anger. However the narrator sounds more like AI which was tiresome.

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I've dealt with an easy temper, things would quite often annoy me when they shouldn't, and i wanted to change that. through research, i found this book, and it has changed the way i think for the better. I'm a more well respected person after taking after this philosophy, and if you struggle too, i highly suggest the read.

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