A new title is added to the list of books published by Ryan HolidayAmerica’s bestselling author, known for publications like “The ego is the enemy” either “Call of Courage”.
Led by Stephen Hanselman, who has worked for more than thirty years in the publishing world, as a bookseller, publisher, and agent, Holiday has written “Lives of the Stoics. The art of living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius”, a book that goes back 2,300 years before the appearance of Athens, when the current of stoicism found reception in those who were willing to seek success and achieve it.
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Within these pages, the authors focus on exploring the different aspects of that life that the Stoics had and the way in which, so much time later, they continue to contribute to us as individuals in terms of happiness, success, resistance and virtue.
At the time, Stoic philosophy opted for self-control, virtue and indifference, three virtues that today could also be essential for the control of our individual behaviors and our relationship as social beings.
Organized as a blog, with small biographical doses that account for the lives of the most important Stoic thinkers, this book, more than a treatise on history, is designed to accompany readers in their process of understanding and applying philosophy. stoic in her own life.
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a vivid display of what the practice of stoicism represented at the time is what is found condensed in “Lives of the Stoics. The art of living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius”. which throughout 352 pages portrays the way in which these people adopted this philosophy as their way of life and presents readers with great lessons of effort and success.
Characters like Zeno, the founder, even figures like Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Cicero, parade through these pages in which Ryan Holidayguru of the Stoic movement today and one of the most consulted marketing experts, who at the age of 20 became the director, in this field, of the American Apparel brand, standing out as one of the most lucid pupils of Robert Greene.
For Holiday, the entrance to stoicism is given thanks to his reading of Marcus Aurelius with his book “Meditations” and the ideas of Seneca in “On the shortness of life”.
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From a very young age, the American author demonstrated his great conviction to position himself in relation to his environment, no matter what, he knew that he was capable of demonstrating his abilities above all else and making a name for himself. This book, in part, explains that belief of his, the way in which challenges forge our paths.
“Lives of the Stoics. The art of living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius” is an extension of what Ryan Holiday and stephen hanselman they dealt with in their book “Everyday Stoicism. 366 reflections on wisdom, perseverance and the art of living”where both authors, throughout 428 pages, try to answer the question about why the greatest minds in history such as George Washington, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the directors of large companies and sports coaches have adopted the thought of the ancient stoics?
This book offers ideas and quotes from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Cicero, Diogenes and Epictetus, among other thinkers, for every day of the year. As well as powerful phrases, historical anecdotes and provocative comments to face adversity.
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