{"id":12231,"date":"2024-10-03T12:37:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/the-practicing-stoic-a-philosophical-users-manual\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T12:37:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:37:52","slug":"the-practicing-stoic-a-philosophical-users-manual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/the-practicing-stoic-a-philosophical-users-manual\/","title":{"rendered":"The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User’s Manual"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\u201cFarnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. This isn\u2019t just a book to read\u2015it\u2019s a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity.\u201d\u2015The Washington Post<\/p>\n

See more clearly, live more wisely, and bear the burdens of this life with greater ease\u2015here are the greatest insights of the Stoics, in their own words. Presented in twelve lessons, Ward Farnsworth systematically presents the heart of Stoic philosophy accompanied by commentary that is clear and concise.<\/p>\n

A foundational idea to Stoicism is that we appear to go through life reacting directly to events. That appearance is an illusion. We react to our judgments and opinions\u2015to our thoughts about things, not to things themselves. Stoics seek to become conscious of those judgments, to find the irrationality in them, and to choose them more carefully.<\/p>\n

In chapters including Emotion, Adversity, Virtue, and What Others Think, here is the most valuable wisdom about living a good life from ages past\u2015now made available for our time.<\/p>\n


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The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User’s Manual <\/h3>\n

From “Perspective:” <\/p>\n

Practice saying to every harsh appearance, \u201cYou are just an appearance, and not at all what you appear.\u201d If it has to do with something not up to us, let the thought be close at hand, “It is nothing to me.”\u2014Epictetus, Enchiridion <\/p>\n

From “Adversity:” <\/p>\n

The mind turns around every hindrance to its activity and converts it to further its purpose. The impediment to action becomes part of the action; the obstacle in our way becomes the way forward.\u2014Marcus Aurelius, Meditations <\/p>\n

From “What Others Think:” <\/p>\n

The paths most worn and used are also the most deceptive. So nothing needs to be emphasized more than that we should not, like sheep, follow the lead of the flock in front of us \u2013 heading not where we ought to go, but where it goes.\u2014Seneca, On the Happy Life <\/p>\n

Chapters include Judgment Externals Perspective Death Desire Wealth and Pleasure Valuation Emotion <\/p>\n

Publisher \u200f : \u200e David R. Godine, Publisher (April 1, 2018)
Language \u200f : \u200e English
Hardcover \u200f : \u200e 256 pages
ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 1567926118
ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-1567926118
Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 2.31 pounds
Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 6.2 x 1.1 x 9.1 inches <\/p>\n

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