4 ms·
Same for me with Stoicism: I read everything modern book on it and while it was useful nothing comes close to when I actually decided to pick up the classics,
by amasad 8y ago
Same for me with Stoicism: I read everything modern book on it and while it was useful nothing comes close to when I actually decided to pick up the classics, starting with Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
- coliveira 8y agoThere is a very important reason for this: any philosophy is born as a result of important questions of the times in which it was created. When a philosopher writes an original work he/she has all these problems in mind. A modern writer will have to filter that same philosophy to the lights of the modern days, which usually doesn't work as well. To truly understand what a philosophy is all about you need to read the originals.
- genghisjahn 8y agoRead Epictetus if you liked MAs Mediations.
- pmoriarty 8y agoRead Seneca if you liked Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. He's better than both, imo.
- genghisjahn 8y agoJust ordered the book. Er...a book. Letters from a stoic
- pmoriarty 8y agoMy favorite is On the Shortness of Life. You can read it free here: https://tripinsurancestore.com/4/on-the-shortness-of-life.pdf https://tripinsurancestore.com/4/on-the-shortness-of-life.pd...
- robin_reala 8y agoNice CC0 ebooks of the above three: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/seneca/dialogues/aubrey-stewart https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/seneca/dialogues/aubrey-st... https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/epictetus/the-enchiridion/elizabeth-carter https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/epictetus/the-enchiridion/... https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/marcus-aurelius/meditations/george-long https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/marcus-aurelius/meditation...
- genghisjahn 8y agoI was skeptical but you are correct. Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic is fantastic.