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I have 4 of the books shown. I'm reading the Daily Stoic and I just started Ego is the Enemy. The most difficult thing so far for me is (daily) reflection. Even though it's tough for me to apply it, I'm more aware of different perspectives. That is a step in the right direction :-)
I have the daily stoic, was about to purchase a few more. Do you have a top 4?
Discipline is Destiny and The monk who sold his Ferrari are definitely worth a purchase!
Only one you need. Get a hard copy though.
I didn't see the book list at first, but no meditations?
i'd literally scrap all of those for a copy of meditations.
What if Ryan Holiday is wrong/an alien/lizard etc?
who the fuck is Ryan Holiday?
OHHHHH he's "Ryan Holiday is an American marketer, author, businessman and podcaster, notable for marketing Stoic philosophy in the form of books."
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lol seriously why not by the source?
That's like buying a coke when you just want bottled water.
Why not looking/understanding before judging?
I like reading source material.
the "notable for marketing stoic philosophy in the form of books" was enough of a determination for me. Also saw his photograph.
each to their own.
Valid point, but fact is he brought Stoic Philosophy to million of people. Without him 99% would not even know who the f* Marcus Aurelius was or would not have read Meditations. What is your contribution beside reading the source material?
Writing a book requires tremendous time and effort and to me it’s just funny that people who feel superior by just reading a damn diary and then judging someone who wrote multiple books about the topic and try to bring the philosophy in an understandable modern way to the masses.
Then scrap them. I don’t give a f*
And by the way: Marc Aruel - Wege zu sich selbst = Medititons.
“Waste no time arguing about what a good person should be”
cue arguing.
This is awesome! 🍿
Meditations is a fascinating peruse.
Stoicism might have been a likely good personal choice/attribute to exude at a certain time.
These days? People can easily (and not by their own faults) mistakenly conflate "flight" responses, as "taking a high road" (the sayings origins obviously are rooted from Stoicism).
We are at a time where stoicism and the inclinations of others not being of concern - might be counterintuitive to productivity on a humanitarian front.
Being a Stoic, in a world where Demons are in control is not a very good output model. Maintaining that it IS, might incorrectly allure cowards associating themselves with being Stoic.
If we are being "stoic" regarding the erosion of humanity, and the degeneracy it catalyzed- I would argue Satan already has whispered the sweet nothings into our ears and our "stoicism" is being used as a guise to continue to allow evil forces to thrive.
I suppose my thought is: Stoicism should always be practiced from a position of strength or weakness (capitulation). And seldom during battle.
I have read all the Ryan Holiday books. What would you suggest next?