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A review by jodumagpi
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
4.0
"No one in this book managed in every minute of their life to live up to [those] lofty virtues of courage and justice and moderation and wisdom."
"The principles they purported to believe were superior to the choices they actually made."
"The Stoics taught us by the fact that they tried."
— I had put down this book as I set aside my growing interest in Stoicism because I had so many doubts about it. I worried that Stoicism is just an "it's just in your mind" kind of outlook in life. I worried that it will lead me to repress my feelings. I worried that it might be teaching us to look away from the problems and just decide to "see the glass half-full" instead. These things... I don't think they are productive in the long run. These things... I think they lead to apathy. Apart from this, I also thought that Stoicism is too idealistic (literally beyond the reach of human capabilities). This book managed to ease me on the latter point.
— Personally, I think this book has good writing. Easy to follow and not too dense. I like the effort put in "inserting" a woman figure. Overall, enjoyable.
"The principles they purported to believe were superior to the choices they actually made."
"The Stoics taught us by the fact that they tried."
— I had put down this book as I set aside my growing interest in Stoicism because I had so many doubts about it. I worried that Stoicism is just an "it's just in your mind" kind of outlook in life. I worried that it will lead me to repress my feelings. I worried that it might be teaching us to look away from the problems and just decide to "see the glass half-full" instead. These things... I don't think they are productive in the long run. These things... I think they lead to apathy. Apart from this, I also thought that Stoicism is too idealistic (literally beyond the reach of human capabilities). This book managed to ease me on the latter point.
— Personally, I think this book has good writing. Easy to follow and not too dense. I like the effort put in "inserting" a woman figure. Overall, enjoyable.