On the Shortness of Life
of Seneca, Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa (Translator)
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 106 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date September 6th 2005
- First Publication 10/28/49
- Language English
- ISBN 9780143036326
- Edition Great Ideas
- Category Religion & Spirituality
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