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The Daily Stoic debuted on the USA Today bestsellers list as well as the Wall Street Journal bestsellers list, where it remained for eleven weeks and ranked as high as #2 [6] overall. [7] [8] The book was also featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Business Insider, The Guardian, and by James Romm of the Wall Street Journal. [1] [9 ...
So, to help you achieve peace and balance, here are 75 Stoic quotes popularized by historic Stoic figures such as Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epictetus, Zeno of Citium, Gaius Musonius ...
Ryan Holiday (born June 16, 1987) is an American marketer, author, [2] businessman and podcaster, notable for marketing Stoic philosophy in the form of books.. Prior to becoming an author, Holiday served as the former director of marketing and eventually an advisor for American Apparel. [3]
The ideal Stoic would instead measure things at their real value, [39] and see that the passions are not natural. [40] To be free of the passions is to have a happiness which is self-contained. [40] There would be nothing to fear—for unreason is the only evil; no cause for anger—for others cannot harm you. [40]
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Latin for "Moral Letters to Lucilius"), also known as the Moral Epistles and Letters from a Stoic, is a letter collection of 124 letters that Seneca the Younger wrote at the end of his life, during his retirement, after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for more than ten years.
Meditations (Koinē Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, romanized: Ta eis heauton, lit. ''Things Unto Himself'') is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161-180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.
Long, A. A. (2003), Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199245567; Long, A. A. (2018), How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691177717; Long, George (1877), The Discourses of Epictetus, with the Encheridion and Fragments, George Bell
The ideal Stoic would instead measure things at their real value, [6] and see that the passions are not natural. [8] To be free of the passions is to have a happiness which is self-contained. [8] There would be nothing to fear—for unreason is the only evil; no cause for anger—for others cannot harm you. [8]