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"I wonder who Seneca thought was carefully arranging the universe so that everyone would had enough time if only they had used it properly."

The Stoic thought process would simply reject the exceptionalism of Man and the maxim naturally follows without recourse to a higher entity.

After all, we do observe that all other life forms seem to have just enough time to do their thing. And when we speak of "properly" (or "wisely"), naturally it is only meaningful given that we have the ability to make choices. (c.f. "to thine own self be true")



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