Everything Has Two Handles: The Stoic's Guide to the Art of Living

by Ronald W. Pies

Book Overview

In the course of this compact and insightful work, Dr. Ronald Pies, tells us a little about what happiness is, and a lot about how to achieve it. The first chapter begins with a reminder from the great Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, that "things do not touch the soul." This, explains Pies, "is the keystone in the arch of Stoic philosophy." In a sense, then, the rest of the book is an extended meditation on how we might avoid letting things touch our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761839518
• ISBN13: 9780761839514
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Hamilton Books
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.7" x 9.3"