| Title | : | The Stoic Art of Living: Inner Resilience and Outer Results |
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| ISBN | : | 0812695593 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780812695595 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2004 |
Divided into three sections Dr. Morris sympathetically relates the life and intellectual achievements of the three leading Stoics: the slave Epictetus, the lawyer Seneca, and the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. From the bottom of society, to the upwardly mobile middle, and all the way to the top, these thinkers saw life deeply.
The Stoic Art of Living: Inner Resilience and Outer Results Reviews
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Life changing and perspective altering. I used to be an avid reader and this was an excellent choice to get back into it. This might be the best book I have ever read. The only thing that is good in and of itself lies in the will, your willpower. Anything that happens that is outside the realm of your own will is out of your control and is thus neither necessarily good, or bad. Regardless, feels good to finish an entire book.
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The life we live is a journey through space and time during which we acquire experiences and interpret our existence, getting closer to the truth.
As in any journey, there is a beginning. In the journey of life, the path and destination are yet to be discovered. It’s a “treasure hunt” that gives value–awareness–to the journey itself.
Inspiring book! -
I had thought that this was going to be a book about philosophy and, specifically, the Stoics. Instead, it was a self-help book with cherry-picked quotes from three Stoic philosophers used to back up otherwise unsupported opinions. And it read like an essay I might have written in high school - sort of like a very slightly more mature version of Who Moved My Cheese?
And I guess I could have been OK with that had it been done well or with some modicum of insight. Instead, the advice came across like South Park's Underpants Gnomes. The advice for how to control your anger went something like this:
1) Realize that it's better not to be angry
2) ???
3) Stop being angry
Not the least bit helpful. If I didn't recognize step one already, I wouldn't be reading a book about how to take control of my anger. If I was capable of step 3, I wouldn't need to read a book about how to take control of my anger. Nothing was said about how to actually get from step 1 to step 3. So what did this book do for me? Nothing. -
A self-help type instruction manual in Stoic philosophy, my only complaint is that it is too "dumbed-down" for my taste. Heck, Morris doesn't even cite his sources in the original languages! But I found it to be a user-friendly introduction to the philosophy.
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I last read this book on 12/2/13. Still good.
