A Guide to the Good Life
Stoicism presented as equipment for living rather than history, with its techniques set out to be used.
William Irvine makes the case for Stoicism as a practical philosophy of living rather than a historical curiosity, and sets out its techniques directly: negative visualisation, the division between what is and is not up to you, and deliberate discomfort. Written for readers who want to use it rather than study it.
Recommended by 1 Person
Derek Sivers
Almost too personal for me to give an objective review, because I found when reading it that the quirky philosophy I've been living my life by since 17 matches up exactly with a 2000-year-old philosophy called Stoicism.
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