<p>De Brevitate Vitae (English: On the Shortness of Life) is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger a Roman Stoic philosopher sometime around the year 49 AD to his father-in-law Paulinus. </p><p><br></p><p>The essay argues that time is best used by living in the present moment in pursuit of the intentional purposeful life.&nbsp;<span></span></p>