Stoicism: Introduction to The Stoic Way of Life (Stoicism Series) (Volume 1)

By Ryan James

Book Overview

Stoicism survived two thousand years for a reason. The reason isn't fashion.

It's that the philosophy is unusually practical. Marcus Aurelius wrote his journal in a war camp. Epictetus was a slave. Seneca advised Nero. None of them were writing for the comfortable.

Stoicism - Introduction to The Stoic Way of Life (Stoicism Series) (Volume 1) brings the framework into modern life. Single-volume guide written to be read straight through. Concrete, applicable, and built for the reader who wants results faster than theory.

What's inside:

- The dichotomy of control. Maybe the most useful sentence ever written about anxiety.
- Negative visualization - premeditatio malorum - and why imagining loss makes you grateful.
- The view from above. A perspective tool that fits in your head and shrinks problems in real time.
- Memento mori without morbidity. The cleanest motivator.
- Voluntary discomfort. Why people who choose hardship age into composure.
- Daily journaling, the way Marcus did it. Five minutes. Compounds.

Stoicism isn't about suppressing emotion. It's about working with it. The reader who applies one practice consistently over a year ends up unrecognizable to their old self.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1951429710
• ISBN13: 9781951429713
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Alakai Publishing LLC
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"