De Brevitate Vitae – Seneca
Public Domain Books
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A quiet reading edition of On the Shortness of Life.
Written in the first century, Seneca’s essay is a clear introduction to Stoic philosophy. Its central idea is simple: life is not short — we make it short by scattering our attention. The work remains strikingly relevant in an age of constant distraction.
Presented as a book rather than a platform: stable pages, minimal interface, and typography intended for long reading sessions. Available in multiple languages and translations. No advertisements, no accounts, no tracking. Fully offline and always free.
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The translation has been reviewed across all its languages — restoring a few passages that had been dropped, and softening phrasing that read stiffly against Seneca’s Latin.
Books open smoothly again, with a quiet note while the pages are set, and changing the type size or theme settles at once.
On iPad, the reading controls now line up with the text.
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Information
- Seller
- Pedro Moitinho
- Size
- 8.8 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 10 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Pedro Moitinho