HANDBK FOR NEW STOICS

Use this book as a guide to meaningful daily living. Meaningful for oneself.

ótimo livro espero que algum dia ele seja ele publicado em português BR

Many people with the goal of attaining a specific state of their body use exercise plans. Because they set a clear goal and steps to take in order to achieve them.This is the same, but for your mind (or character as the stocks would say). The goal is nothing less than what Epictetus refers to as freedom. A truly inspired work and logical step towards really learning to become stoic, a plan what to DO instead of sharing brilliant but hard to put into practice wisdom.If becoming a stoic is what you desire or at least have a crack at, this is an excellent exercise plan to use.

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Muy bien libro y el autor inigualable

This is an excellent book for someone new to Stoicism because it focuses on a gradual practice, introducing one Stoic concept per week for a year, developing a skill every day for a week before moving on and building upon what was learned in previous lessons. I think this is especially good for beginners who might be overwhelmed to have all Stoic ideas thrown at them at once. Also, it doesn't begin, as so many books on Stoicism do, with a long history of Stoicism. It gets right into the business of helping us be better, happier people. I especially appreciate the examples of peopleputting the ideas into practice to deal with specific problems.As one who has studied Stoicism for 20+ years, I still find much of use to me here. Since beginning the book, I have been more thoughtful on a daily basis. In the morning I think about what I want to improve on that I didn't do so well on yesterday, whenever I fail during the day, I immediately (sometimes in time to stop it), think to myself, "Hey, you can do better!", and at the end of the day I congratulate myself on any progress made and resolve to do better tomorrow.The authors have put much thought into making this a different kind of book, a practical book. It says it's a handbook for new Stoics, which I take to mean those new to Stoicism, but it could also mean "new" in the sense of "modern", as here you won't find talk of gods and other superstitions from two millenia ago. The book takes for granted a scientific view of the universe.I love trees as much as the next person, but I am really impressed by the quality of the flexibound book. It feels sturdier than most modern books, with the pages sewn in rather than glued. It's formatted in a style that makes reading easy, with blue highlights and even an attached ribbon place marker.The authors have done a great job of presenting a step by step guide for easing someone into Stoicism or deepening one's practice.