Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2026-10-27
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Stephen Pressfield discussed Tyrant by Stephen Greenblatt.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Tyrant
Tyrant by Stephen Greenblatt is a penetrating literary study that examines Shakespeare's depiction of absolute power, political corruption, and the psychology of dangerous rulers.
Discussed“There's a book in the books here. I'll give you, um, Stephen Greenblatt, um, who's this amazing Shakespearean scholar. He wrote this book called Tyrants. It's similar to Snyder's book, but it's, it's a look at Shakespeare's political plays.”
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“Stephen Pressfield wrote The War of Art, Gates of Fire, Do the Work, Turning Pro, The Daily Pressfield, his new novel called The Arcadian.”