Seneca, in a letter to a friend, speaks out against the spiritual ills of his time. He argues that his contemporaries put too much emphasis on high ranks and careers to the point where they cannot even enjoy their own leisure time. In this timeless essay, while criticising overindulgence in "engrossments, he highlights what he believes to be the most important way to spend time, learning philosophy from the minds of the past.

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