- Stoic, stoicism, philosphy, Stoics
An engaging guide to how Stoicism--the ancient philosophy of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius--can provide lessons for living in the modern world. Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life.
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Classical in form, spare, earnest and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Massimo Pigliucci
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House, Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio, Basic Books
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780465097951
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