The best advice anyone offers nowadays, casually or in a bestseller at the airport book shop, often amounts to a restatement or rediscovery of something the Stoics said with more economy and wit two millennia ago. The ancient Stoics were philosophers and psychologists of the most ingenious kind, and also highly practical they offered ways to think about the problems of everyday life, and ideas about how to overcome our irrationalities, that are still relevant and helpful today. Some of you already know all about Stoicism, but let me say a few general words about it for those who don't. In other posts this week, I'll talk about what the Stoics said more specifically. Today I'll explain the purpose of the book generally. This time it's a book about the philosophy of the Stoics. Over the years I've had the pleasure of rolling out some past projects in this space (involving law, or rhetoric, or chess-all here for those interested). My thanks to Eugene and the rest of the crew for allowing this visit.
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