The Small Library of World Wisdom brings together famous works on the wise and successful way of life. They deal with the timeless questions: What is happiness anyway? What do we have to do, how should we act? How can we best deal with life's setbacks? What do we owe to our fellow human beings? And what does a right, just life consist of? The texts collected here have gone down in the memory of mankind as masterpieces of worldly wisdom and the art of living. In search of the idea of freedom and in the awareness of the transience of all earthly things, the philosopher questions his own self on the Roman imperial throne.