About the Book: Lives Of The Stoics : The Art Of Living From Zeno To Marcus
Aurelius
For millennia, Stoicism has been the ancient philosophy that attracts those who
seek greatness, from athletes to politicians and everyone in between. And no
wonder: its embrace of self-mastery, virtue and indifference to that which we
cannot control has much to offer those grappling with today's chaotic world. But
who were the Stoics?
In this book, Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman offer a fresh approach to
understanding Stoicism through the lives of the people who practiced it - from
Cicero to Zeno, Cato to Seneca, Diogenes to Marcus Aurelius. Through short
biographies