About the book
Twenty-one Stoic letters, in the shadow of Seneca, about the best form of yourself. Not the strongest and not the most admired, but the form in which you no longer contradict yourself. It is the most practical of the four books: it speaks about time, about giving, about measure, and about the agreement between thought, word and deed.
The letters are addressed to you and are meant to be read one a day: in the morning, carried through the hours, returned to at night. Each one ends with a practice for the day, one small thing to do, and with a thought to keep. The twenty-one maxims are gathered again at the end of the book, the heart of it in twenty-one breaths.
Who it is for
For those who want a practical philosophy for ordinary days, in the voice of an old form, the letter, spoken again today. For readers who are not looking for more learning but for a little more order between what they think, what they say and what they do.