To counter the daily anxieties, stress, and emotional swings caused
by the barrage of stimuli that plagues modern life, many people
have been finding unexpected solace in a philosophy from a very
different and distant time: Stoicism. Today, more than 100,000
people are members of online communities for modern Stoics, and
there are annual conferences, meet-ups, and workshops for those
aspiring to walk the Stoic path. But what is Stoicism, and what
makes it resonate so powerfully today? As John Sellars shows in The
Pocket Stoic, the popular image of the isolated and unfeeling Stoic
hardly does justice to the rich vein of thought that we find in the
work of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, the three great
Roman Stoics. Their works are recognized classics, and for good
reason-they speak to some of the perennial issues that face anyone
trying to navigate their way through life. These writings,
fundamentally, are about how to live-how to understand your place
in the world, how to cope when things don't go well, how to manage
your emotions, how to behave toward others, and finally, how to
live a good life. To be a Stoic is to recognize that much of the
suffering in your life is due to the way you think about things,
and that you have the ability to train your mind to look at the
world in a new way-to recognize what you can and cannot control and
to turn adversity into opportunity. Concise and accessible, The
Pocket Stoic provides a welcome introduction to the lives and
thought of the key Stoics. It is also a perfect guide to help you
start incorporating the practice of Stoicism into your everyday
approach to life.
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