Being Better: Stoicism for a World Worth Living in
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- Apr 6, 2021
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Practical answers to the urgent moral questions of our time from the ancient philosophy of Stoicism
Twenty-three centuries ago, in a marketplace in Athens, Zeno of Citium, the fou...
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Number of Pages: 176
ISBN: 1608686949
ISBN-13: 9781608686940
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Chris Boutté @TheRewiredSoul
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Feb 21, 2022
- Curated in Weekly Non-Fiction Reading List Feb 21 2022
This is definitely one of the better books on stoicism. When I first got into stoicism, I loved it because I saw a lot of parallels with the 12-step programs where I got sober. Soon, I saw that stoicism was being pushed by a lot of bro entrepreneurs, and it didn’t seem like it aligned with stoic values. This book from Whiting and Konstantakos takes a unique stance on stoicism and really discusses what it means to be stoic as well as virtuous. While it’s great to learn how to manage emotions and accept what we can’t change, the good life involves living a meaningful life while causing as little harm as possible. This is a quick read, but it’s extremely impactful and I really hope a lot of people check it out.