Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-10-20
Books mentioned on Profound Lessons From Stoic Philosophy - Ryan Holiday
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a comprehensive, practical guide to building positive routines and breaking bad ones through small, incremental behavioral changes.
Discussed“yes it seems to me that ever since James clear's book Atomic habits this has been something everyone's thinking about right that your outcomes are a lagging measure of your inputs”
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a profound collection of personal reflections and Stoic philosophy written by the Roman emperor during his reign.
Discussed“and then in meditations Marcus realiz so you can imagine he the emperor of Rome he's having to think about this exact thing and he says you know the question you have to ask yourself in every moment is is this essential”
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Why Buddhism is True
Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright is an exploration of evolutionary psychology and Buddhist philosophy that examines how ancient meditative practices align with modern scientific understandings of the mind.
Discussed“yes uh Robert writes why Buddhism is true in that he talks about um life is suffering said by the Buddha and the word Dua dukha contested by some Scholars as not meaning suffering but unsatisfactoriness life is unsatisfactoriness”
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The Forgotten Highlander
The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquhart is a harrowing memoir detailing the author's survival as a Scottish soldier captured by the Japanese during World War II, enduring forced labor on the infamous railway and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Discussed“uh I sent you or I think I mentioned to you the last time that we spoke about the Forgotten Highlander alist art how did you get on with that uh it was fascinating uh it was fascinating”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“well I was thinking about that actually just recently like all the work that I when I'm working on a book so discipline just came out I'm working on the next one like all the material in those books”
“and when I signed her copy of disciplines Destiny I wrote this in it because I think about it all the time uh he said do you want to be fast now or do you want to be fast later right”