Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-06-10
Books mentioned on Stoic Philosophy From 2000 Years Ago - Ryan Holiday
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Zero to One
Zero to One by Peter A.
Discussed“competition is for losers when people compete someone loses so go away you're the only one do what only you can run a race with yourself yeah uh that's a great line in zero to one that I've always loved”
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The Virtue of Selfishness
The Virtue of Selfishness is a collection of essays by Ayn Rand that outlines her philosophical framework of Objectivism, arguing for rational self-interest as a moral virtue.
Discussed“like there was some joke about ”
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Churchill
Churchill by Martin Gilbert is a comprehensive biographical work detailing the life of the British statesman Winston Churchill.
Recommended“there's a great book called Churchill and Son about Churchill's relationship with his own son which was so much better than his relationship with his own father”
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Son
Son is a young adult dystopian novel by Lois Lowry that concludes the Giver quartet.
Recommended“there's a great book called Churchill and Son about Churchill's relationship with his own son which was so much better than his relationship with his own father”
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a timeless collection of personal reflections and Stoic philosophy written by the Roman emperor during his military campaigns.
Discussed“there's a copy of his medit of his there's his copy of meditations is there with his underlines of like these things”
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Just Babies
Exploring the origins of human morality and the innate sense of fairness found even in preverbal infants, Just Babies by Paul Bloom offers a fascinating psychological inquiry into how we make moral judgments.
Discussed“is this psychologist Paul Bloom like even babies he has a wrote this book called just babies like justice”
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments
The Theory of Moral Sentiments is an 18th-century work by Adam Smith that investigates the foundations of human morality, sympathy, and social interaction.
Discussed“Adam Smith wrote this book called the theory of moral sentiments before he wrote ”
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The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a foundational 1776 text in economics that investigates the nature and causes of national prosperity through division of labor, free markets, and supply systems.
Discussed“Adam Smith wrote this book called the theory of moral sentiments before he wrote ”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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“the power of low self-esteem you know in the courage to be disliked the subtle art like it's kind of in that that sort of oxymoron kind of way”
“and then the new book is right thing right now ”