Nassim Taleb mentioned Letters from a Stoic by Seneca 5 times

Any bio of Seneca will be written by a library rat who writes biographies hence can’t get people of action. Just read Seneca. https://t.co/Q6Nc5ytshs

— Nassim Taleb

Remember that Seneca was a trader. Train for all kind of hits you can take. Above all don't read sh*t about Seneca by nerd/academics & other nonrisk takers. https://t.co/rCD8A32ztJ

— Nassim Taleb

Barbara @chicaderock, please read books BY Seneca, who was the real thing (a doer), not something ON Seneca by some library rat with a modern perspective. They will miss something essential. https://t.co/JNCCKjkHcL

— Nassim Taleb

Read the texts themselves: Seneca, Caesar, or Marcus Aurelius, when possible. Or read commentators on the classics who were doers themselves, such as Montaigne—people who at some point had some skin in the game, then retired to write books. Avoid the intermediary, when possible.

— Nassim Taleb

2017-12-28 in Skin in the Game

A more human version can be read in Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic, a soothing and surprisingly readable book that I distribute to my trader friends (Seneca also took his own life when cornered by destiny).

— Nassim Taleb

2001 in Fooled By Randomness