In the tradition of How to Live and How Proust Can Change Your Life , a philosopher asks how Ancient Stoicism can help us flourish today 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.
By understanding Stoicism, we can learn to answer crucial questions: Should we get married or divorced? How should we handle our money in a world nearly destroyed by a financial crisis? How can we survive great personal tragedy? Whoever we are, Stoicism has something for us--and How to Be a Stoic is the essential guide..
Stoicism is a pragmatic Philosophy that focuses our attention on what is possible and gives us perspective on what is unimportant.
In How to Be a Stoic , philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers Stoicism, the Ancient Philosophy that inspired the great emperor Marcus Aurelius, as the best way to attain it.
No goal is more elusive.
In the tradition of How to Live and How Proust Can Change Your Life , a philosopher asks how Ancient Stoicism can help us flourish today 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
