The Practicing Stoic
By: Ward Farnsworth
4.35
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings …
Want to Read $ 8.99"If you would attain real freedom, you must be the slave of philosophy. Epicurus, quoted in Seneca, Epistles 8.7"-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
"If you would attain real freedom, you must be the slave of philosophy. Epicurus, quoted in Seneca, Epistles 8.7"-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
"The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us."-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
"The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us."-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
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1. Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)
By: James B. Stockdale
4.30
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from mil… read more
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"After ejection I had about thirty seconds to make my last statement in freedom before I landed in the main street of a little village right ahead. And so help me, I whispered to myself: "Five years d…"-James B. Stockdale, Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)
2. Discourses and Selected Writings
By: Epictetus , Robert F. Dobbin , Robert Dobbin
3.84
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE BEING BORN in… read more
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3. Meditations
By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay
3.75
Format: 148 pages,
Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more
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4. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell
3.37
Format: None pages,
Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more
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5. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
By: William B. Irvine
4.48
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discove… read more
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6. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity
By: Ryan Holiday , Stephen Hanselman
3.92
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully packaged, gifty daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, from the author of The Obstacle is … read more
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7. Letters from a Stoic
By: Seneca , Robin Campbell
4.75
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4 B.C. - A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were… read more
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8. Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
By: Seneca , James Romm
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne ("Gripping . . . the narrative ve… read more
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9. Teach Yourself Stoicism and the Art of Happiness
By: Donald J. Robertson
3.85
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
This new guide to finding a happier way of life draws on the ancient wisdom of the stoics to reveal… read more
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10. The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
By: Marcus Aurelius , Pierre Hadot , Michael Chase
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Meditations of Marcus Aureliusare treasured today--as they have been over the centuries--as an … read more
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11. How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
By: Massimo Pigliucci
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of How to Liveand How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient … read more
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12. Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor
By: Donald J. Robertson
4.33
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and ov… read more
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13. Think like a Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Today’s World
By: Massimo Pigliucci
3.98
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
Distilled to its essence, the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy known as Stoicism is a philosophy of p… read more
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14. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
By: Donald J. Robertson
4.36
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The life-changing principles of Stoicism taught through the story of its most famous proponent.Roma… read more
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15. How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
By: Seneca
4.05
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
“It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die,” wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 B… read more
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"Hanya orang lemah yang mati karena menanggung sakit, tapi hanya orang bodoh yang tetap hidup untuk menahan rasa sakit. (Surat-surat 58. 32-36)."-Seneca, How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
"Kematian akan membatalkan semua nestapa, suatu penghujung yang tak bisa dilalui oleh penyakit; mengembalikan kita pada kedamaian yang menaungi kita sebelum kita lahir."-Seneca, How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
"If fall I must, let me fall amid the smashing of the world, not because it’s right to wish for a national disaster, but because it’s a great comfort in the face of death to see that the earth too is …"-Seneca, How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
"Orang bijak tidak akan pernah merasa dicampakkan, karena dicampakkan berarti diusir dari tempat yang dengan terpaksa kau tinggalkan; orang bijak tidak pernah melakukan sesuatu karena paksaan; ia terl…"-Seneca, How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
16. That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of a Roman Stoic
By: Musonius Rufus
3.98
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Perennial wisdom from one of history’s most important but lesser-known Stoic teachers “He knew tha… read more
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"If one accomplishes some good though with toil, the toil passes, but the good remains; if one does something dishonourable with pleasure, the pleasure passes, but the dishonour remains."-Musonius Rufus, That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of a Roman Stoic
17. The Practicing Stoic
By: Ward Farnsworth
4.35
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings … read more
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- self help
"If you would attain real freedom, you must be the slave of philosophy. Epicurus, quoted in Seneca, Epistles 8.7"-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
"The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us."-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
18. Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living
By: David Fideler
4.28
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The first clear and faithful guide to the timeless, practical teachings of the Stoic philosopher Se… read more
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19. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
By: Ryan Holiday
4.21
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more
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20. Being Better: Stoicism for a World Worth Living in
By: Kai Whiting
4.09
Format: 176 pages, ebook
Practical answers to the urgent moral questions of our time from the ancient philosophy of Stoicism… read more
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21. A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living
By: Massimo Pigliucci
3.80
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant philosopher reimagines Stoicism for our modern age in this thought-provoking guide to a… read more
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"From these observations they derived the fundamental axiom of their philosophy: a good human life, what the ancients called a eudaemonic life, is one that is lived by applying reason to the bettermen…"-Massimo Pigliucci, A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living
