Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2025-03-04
Books mentioned on ART, AMBITION, CREATIVITY: How To Steal Like An Artist's Austin Kleon
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Big Magic
Discussed“I think she might write about in big magic but I it's a great profile”
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Surprised by Joy
Discussed“so I was listening to CS Lewis's uh Surprise by Joy his like biography autobiography”
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Teaching As a Subversive Activity
Discussed“I mean in like I think it's Neil po Postman in like um teaching is a subversive activity uh a lot of people know his book uming ourselves yeah yeah um but teaching is a subversive activity starts out”
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey by Homer is a foundational ancient Greek epic poem that follows the arduous ten-year journey of Odysseus as he attempts to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Discussed“but not like the Odyssey is an exploration of a man's tragic flaws not a celebration of o like Odus is the bad guy in many ways you know what I mean”
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The Night of the Were-Boy
The Night of the Were-Boy by Enid Richemont is a children's novel that explores imaginative themes through engaging storytelling.
Discussed“but that's what Mont was doing he he retires and he retreats to his Library cuz the world is [ __ ] insane and people are killing each other... he goes in he read he's reading the stoics he's reading Socrates reading and then he's translating it”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Show Your Work!
“Well you talk about show your work It's not just like an artistic decision to do it”
Passing Amusing Ourselves to Death
“uming ourselves yeah”