Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2021-11-27
Books mentioned on Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe on Fighting Fear With Gratitude
On today’s episode of the podcast Ryan talks to Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe about how Stoicism helped him get through his time in a Czech prison, how to find peace in the midst of uncertain circumstances, the prevalence of substance abuse in the artistic community, and more. Get his book Dark Days: https://geni.
Ryan Holiday discussed Courage Under Fire by James B. Stockdale. Randy Blythe discussed Enchiridion.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Courage Under Fire
Courage Under Fire by James B.
Discussed“He wrote this book after his time in the Pow Camp in Vietnam and it was it was sort of the sub it's called courage Under Fire, but the subtitle is testing epictetus's Doctrine in the laboratory of Human Experience.”
Where to get it
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Enchiridion
Enchiridion by Epictetus is a concise handbook of Stoic ethical advice compiled by his disciple Arrian, offering timeless guidance on how to achieve tranquility by focusing exclusively on what is within one's control.
Discussed“He's like he is a a philosopher of the school of stoicism you know he was a slave and he wrote this book called The intraidion or the or the manual and I forget which translation he had um I think it's why it's a newer one by a woman um Sharon LaBelle”
Where to get it
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