The Practicing Stoic
A Philosophical User's Manual
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2025
David R. Godine Publisher Inc (Verlag)
978-1-56792-824-2 (ISBN)
David R. Godine Publisher Inc (Verlag)
978-1-56792-824-2 (ISBN)
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“Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. This isn’t just a book to read—it’s a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity.”—The Washington Post
See more clearly, live more wisely, and bear the burdens of this life with greater ease—here are the greatest insights of the Stoics, in their own words. Presented in twelve lessons, Ward Farnsworth systematically presents the heart of Stoic philosophy accompanied by commentary that is clear and concise.
A foundational idea to Stoicism is that we appear to go through life reacting directly to events. That appearance is an illusion. We react to our judgments and opinions—to our thoughts about things, not to things themselves. Stoics seek to become conscious of those judgments, to find the irrationality in them, and to choose them more carefully.
In chapters including Emotion, Adversity, Virtue, and What Others Think, here is the most valuable wisdom about living a good life from ages past—now made available for our time.
See more clearly, live more wisely, and bear the burdens of this life with greater ease—here are the greatest insights of the Stoics, in their own words. Presented in twelve lessons, Ward Farnsworth systematically presents the heart of Stoic philosophy accompanied by commentary that is clear and concise.
A foundational idea to Stoicism is that we appear to go through life reacting directly to events. That appearance is an illusion. We react to our judgments and opinions—to our thoughts about things, not to things themselves. Stoics seek to become conscious of those judgments, to find the irrationality in them, and to choose them more carefully.
In chapters including Emotion, Adversity, Virtue, and What Others Think, here is the most valuable wisdom about living a good life from ages past—now made available for our time.
Ward Farnsworth is Professor and W. Page Keeton Chair at the University of Texas School of Law. He is author of The Socratic Method, The Practicing Stoic, and the Farnsworth Classical English series which includes Argument, Rhetoric, Metaphor, and Style—all published by Godine.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2025 |
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Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
Verlagsort | Lincoln |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike | |
ISBN-10 | 1-56792-824-2 / 1567928242 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-56792-824-2 / 9781567928242 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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