Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-10-01
Books mentioned on Taking Wisdom From The Lives Of The Stoics - Ryan Holiday - #226
Ryan Holiday is a marketer and an author. Stoicism is the hot new girl in school.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Lives of the Stoics
Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman is a comprehensive biographical exploration of ancient philosophy, tracing the history of Stoicism from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius through the personal stories of its most notable practitioners.
Discussed“New book, Lives of the Stoics, The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius. Why did you write this?”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Lives of the Stoics
“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?”
Own book Lives of the Stoics
“Obviously, a bunch of those names are people I profile in Lives.”