Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday

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Lives-of-the-Stoics:-The-Art-of-Living-from-Zeno-to-Marcus-Aurelius-by-Ryan-Holiday:From-the-bestselling-authors-of The-Daily-Stoic comes-an-inspiring-guide-to-the-lives-of-the-Stoics,-and-what-the-ancients-can-teach-us-about-happiness,-success,-resilience-and-virtue.Nearly-2,300-years-after-a-ruined-merchant-named-Zeno-first-established-a-school-on-the Stoa-Poikile-of-Athens,Stoicism-has-found-a-new-audience-among-those-who-seek-greatness,-from-athletes-to-politicians-and-everyone-in-between.It’s-no-wonder;-the-philosophy-and-its-embrace-of-self-mastery,-virtue,and-indifference-to-that-which-we-cannot-control-is-as-urgent-today-as-it-was-in-the-chaos-of-the-Roman-Empire.In Lives-of-the-Stoics,Holiday-and-Hanselman-present-the-fascinating-lives-of-the-men-and-women-who-strove-to-live-by-the-timeless-Stoic-virtues-of-Courage.-Justice.-Temperance.Wisdom.-Organized-in-digestible,-mini-biographies-of-all-the-well-known–and-not-so-well-known–Stoics,this-book-vividly-brings-home-what-Stoicism-was-like-for-the-people-who-loved-it-and-lived-it,dusting-off-powerful-lessons-to-be-learned-from-their-struggles-and-successes.More-than-a-mere-history-book,-every-example-in-these-pages,from-Epictetus-to-Marcus-Aurelius–slaves-to-emperors–is-designed-to-help-the-reader-apply-philosophy-in-their-own-lives.Holiday-and-Hanselman-unveil-the-core-values-and-ideas-that-unite-figures-from-Seneca-to-Cato-to-Cicero-across-the-centuries.Among-them-are-the-idea-that-self-rule-is-the-greatest-empire,-that-character-is-fate;how-Stoics-benefit-from-preparing-not-only-for-success,-but-failure;and-learn-to-love,-not-merely-accept,-the-hand-they-are-dealt-in-life.A-treasure-of-valuable-insights-and-stories,this-book-can-be-visited-again-and-again-by-any-reader-in-search-of-inspiration-from-the-past.