Pliny the Younger on Happy and Honorable Seclusion
Cal Newport
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
A reader recently pointed me toward an intriguing letter, reproduced a few weeks ago in the always-impressive Areopagus newsletter , that was originally sent from Pliny the Younger to his friend Minicius Fundanus around 100 AD. ” It turns out that Pliny maintained a rambling villa on the sea, southwest of Rome. .”
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