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A Guide to the Good Life - The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (Hardcover)
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A Guide to the Good Life - The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R457
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One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our
effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have
wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine
plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and
successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its
insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives.
In A Guide to the Good Life, Irvine offers a refreshing
presentation of Stoicism, showing how this ancient philosophy can
still direct us toward a better life. Using the psychological
insights and the practical techniques of the Stoics, Irvine offers
a roadmap for anyone seeking to avoid the feelings of chronic
dissatisfaction that plague so many of us. Irvine looks at various
Stoic techniques for attaining tranquility and shows how to put
these techniques to work in our own life. As he does so, he
describes his own experiences practicing Stoicism and offers
valuable first-hand advice for anyone wishing to live better by
following in the footsteps of these ancient philosophers. Readers
learn how to minimize worry, how to let go of the past and focus
our efforts on the things we can control, and how to deal with
insults, grief, old age, and the distracting temptations of fame
and fortune. We learn from Marcus Aurelius the importance of
prizing only things of true value, and from Epictetus we learn how
to be more content with what we have.
Finally, A Guide to the Good Life shows readers how to become
thoughtful observers of their own lives. If we watch ourselves as
we go about our daily business and later reflect on what we saw, we
can better identify the sources of distress and eventually avoid
that pain in our life. By doing this, the Stoics thought, we can
hope to attain a truly joyful life.
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