From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2018 10:39 AM To: Matsumoto, Oki Subject: Re: i agree . shortness is not what to follow but =hat to be aware of ? like the anti dao . or when g=ogle maps says sorry recalculating route :)/ frankly all=the greeks suffer from what you suggest " one main idea " .4>=A0 - "epicures" relates to you and Joi. food =- monatignes essays and symposium , I beleive are not focuses on th= life of the wealthy. some unique problems.. Q=A0 theory of the leisure class ( veblen ). novels the fi=ancier ( dreiser ) . are more nuanced. <=div> On Sat, Jun =0, 2018 at 9:09 PM, Matsumoto, Oki wrote: Hi Jeffrey, I just read One of my favorite book= is Michel de Montaigne's Les Essais which I used to read often about =5 years ago. Senaca's reminded me of Les Essais. In another word, Montaigne apparently seems to be borrowing =he style of writing and concept from Seneca. Anyway, DE BREVITATE V=TAE was a good reading, but to me, through Les Essais or through my life s= far, I thought I already knew all his points. Rather, I thought he might have been trapped himself by a spe=ific thought - like philosophy especially Aristoteles. =div> I would say, take it easy. A= long as I hold my life myself, I decide what I want to do myself, and lea=e me alone. :D =/div> Having said that, it is so true that there are =o many people including smartest, richest, and most powerful people, who a=e being fooled around by themselves and not happy. Too sad. =br> Best - Oki 2018-06-30=7:27 GMT+09:00 jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]»: <=lockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:lpx=itccc solid;padding-left:lex"> looking forward to hearing y=ur review :) On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 5=21 PM, Matsumoto, Oki > wrote: Hi Jeffery, EFTA_R1_01618763 EFTA02495020