Book · 2020 · Business & Economics
Lives of the Stoics
The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
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What I want you do is give us your top three favorite characters featured in the book and a lesson or a story from each which explains why you're such a fan of them.
Chris Williamson · Modern Wisdom · Oct 2020 Listen at 17:13 Questions about Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
Who recommends Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman on podcasts?
Chris Williamson (1 episode) and Steven Pressfield (1 episode) have recommended Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman on podcasts. In all, 4 people brought it up across 2 podcasts (2 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Lives of the Stoics the most?
The Daily Stoic (4 episodes) and Modern Wisdom (1 episode).
Is Lives of the Stoics recommended, or only discussed?
Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman was recommended in 2 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 3 episodes, as of 2026-11-04.
What do people say about Lives of the Stoics?
Chris Williamson on Modern Wisdom (2020-10-01): "What I want you do is give us your top three favorite characters featured in the book and a lesson or a story from each which explains why you're such a fan of them."
When was Lives of the Stoics last mentioned on a podcast?
Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman was last discussed on The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday on 2026-11-04.
What they say about it
- Discusses book characters“a senator who we profile on Lives of the Stoics”3
The best things said about it
New book, Lives of the Stoics, The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius. Why did you write this?
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Oct 2020 Two days later, one year later, I started Lives; like I realized I was sort of almost unconsciously on a schedule of starting a book on this day five years in a row.
Steven Pressfield The Daily Stoic · Oct 2022 So it went for Helvidius, a senator who we profile on Lives of the Stoics, when the emperor Vespasian tried to stop him from criticizing him.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Nov 2026 I tell a story in my book, Lives of the Stoics, about a Stoic philosopher named Diotimus.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Nov 2021 And you know the and as well as the eagles the enemy and now the lives of the stoics you know so i'm um i'm a big fan.
H. R. McMaster The Daily Stoic · Oct 2021 4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman details the histories, struggles, and wisdom of prominent classical philosophers ranging from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius. The book receives widespread attention across several podcast episodes. On The Daily Stoic, host Ryan Holiday mentions an ongoing personal tradition of beginning a new book around the same time each year, noting that he unconsciously fell into a multi-year schedule of starting this specific title. Holiday also references characters from the book during his show, such as discussing the Stoic philosopher Diotimus to illustrate the philosophical divide between Stoics and Epicureans, and recounting how the senator Helvidius resisted the emperor Vespasian. Additionally, General H.R. McMaster appears on The Daily Stoic to share that he is a major fan of the book, grouping it among his favorite works by Holiday. On Modern Wisdom, host Chris Williamson welcomes Holiday to discuss the motivation behind writing Lives of the Stoics, prompting the author to share his top three favorite characters and the lessons tied to them. Williamson later uses the podcast show notes to direct listeners toward purchasing a copy of the work.
Every mention
Chris Williamson Lives of the Stoics will be linked in the show notes below. Where else do you want to direct people? 1
Discussed
“New book, Lives of the Stoics, The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius. Why did you write this?”
Discussed
“What I want you do is give us your top three favorite characters featured in the book and a lesson or a story from each which explains why you're such a fan of them.”
Recommended
“Lives of the Stoics will be linked in the show notes below. Where else do you want to direct people?”
Steven Pressfield Two days later, one year later, I started Lives; like I realized I was sort of almost unconsciously on a sc… 1
Recommended
“Two days later, one year later, I started Lives; like I realized I was sort of almost unconsciously on a schedule of starting a book on this day five years in a row. Wow.”
Ryan Holiday So it went for Helvidius, a senator who we profile on Lives of the Stoics, when the emperor Vespasian tried… 2
Discussed
“So it went for Helvidius, a senator who we profile on Lives of the Stoics, when the emperor Vespasian tried to stop him from criticizing him. It is in your power not to allow me to be a member of the Senate”
Discussed
“I tell a story in my book, 'Lives of the Stoics,' about a Stoic philosopher named Diotimus. The Epicureans and Stoics were rival schools: opposites, really.”
H. R. McMaster and you know the and as well as the eagles the enemy and now the lives of the stoics you know so i'm um i'm… 1
Discussed
“and you know the and as well as the eagles the enemy and now the lives of the stoics you know so i'm um i'm a big fan”
Other mentions (33: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“This is why I wrote my book, Lives of the Stoics, which is all about the lessons we can learn from the Stoics in practice. Not just what they wrote about, but who they were as people.”
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“Lies of the Stoics, I'm really proud of because it's not what the Stoics said, it's what they did. Grab a signed copy at store.dailystoic.com”
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“Three years of research that produced lives of the Stoics, that all happened because I was, you know, put in bed for a while.”
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“as I say in my book The Lives of the Stoics we study the lives of the people who went before us so we can learn easily what they learned with great difficulty so we can pick up where they left off”
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“Tell the story in lives of the Stoics.”
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“There's a a stoic that most people don't know but was actually critical in the development of Stokes. I talk about him in lives of the Stokes.”
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“then um who becomes Augustus who also has two stoic teachers who I talk about in lives of the stoics athenodorus and arasmus”
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“I did a book called lives with the stoks which is bios of each of the stoks”
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“Alright, I'll do it; I wrote a whole book about this, you know? I did a book called 'Lives with the Stoics' which is bios of each of the Stoics.”
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“so I did this book a few years ago called lives of the stoks where instead of sort of really like diving into what the stok said I just tried to write these biographies of who they were now”
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“I did this book a few years ago called Lives of the Stoics, where instead of diving into what the stoics said, I just tried to write biographies of who they were.”
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“so I did this book a few years ago called lives of the Stokes where instead of sort of really like diving into what the stok said I just tried to write these biographies of who they were now”
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“like um I did this book I did lives of the stoics obviously I wanted to do well but part of the reason I wrote it was there was a bunch of stoics that I didn't know very well”
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“well you know it's funny the the one stock that I didn't include in lives of the stoics his name is Harry Oakley's and he came up with this it's basically his only accomplishment which is why he's not in the book because I was trying to talk about the lives of the Stokes as opposed to just the philosophies”
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“I when because I wrote about this in in lives of the stoics I I love this quote from Plutarch”
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“and actually I don't I've thought about this a lot because also I've written three books about Marcus now Rowan out I wrote a prose biography on Marcus for for Yale University press”
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“and i i write about her in lives of the stoics”
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“musonius rufus who i also write about in uh in live lives of the stoics”
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“i mean i did a book called lives of the stokes which is like a set of biographies of all of the main stoics it's there's not any how-to it or advice in it”
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“and of course I have a chapter on senica in my book lives of the stoic here's the chapter on him”
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“as i say in my book the lies of the stoics we study the lives of the people who went before us so we can learn easily what they learned with great difficulties”
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“i'm ryan holiday i've written now 12 books about ancient philosophy i've been studying and writing about seneca for more than a decade”
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“I suspect one of the things that that bothers stoics about Epicureans and why there's this conflict and there was there was actually a a stoic named Diotimus who I write about in in Lives of the Stoics who who forges all these fraudulent letters accusing Epicurus of all these crimes”
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“yeah it's interesting when i was writing lives of the stokes i was looking at some of the early greek stokes and i was it was interesting their relationship with these sort of kings and princes that they were advising”
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“as i say in my book the lies of the stoics we study the lives of the people who went before us”
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“and he and i did an interview about my most recent book the lives of the stoics which i suggest you check out”
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“i do yeah lives of the of the stoics uh september 29th i encourage all of my followers and readers if you don't i mean i'm sure all of you read ronald holiday but you really should go out this is going to be a great book”
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“And so, I think one of the things that's most compelling to me about the Stoics, even when they were somewhat hypocritical, even when they fell short, there's not a there's not a single Stoic in the book that did not live an interesting life, right?”
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“Obviously, a bunch of those names are people I profile in Lives.”
Passing
“so ryan holiday's new book the lives of the stoics which is coming through is the first pdf i've ever got ever in history which is named the title of the thing”
Passing
“so ryan holiday's new book uh the lives of the stoics which is coming through is the first pdf i've ever got ever in history which is named the title of the thing that it is every other pdf that i get which is sent through with a non-disclosure agreement saying you can't fold this on”
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“and he's someone I profile in lives of the Stoics”
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“I'm just writing now in this book lives of the Stoics there's a philosopher crate ease of malice mal lus not malice”