Lives of the Stoics
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What’s it about?
A vivid gallery of ancient Stoics—slaves, emperors, and merchants—whose messy, heroic lives reveal that philosophy is not a theory but a practice forged in shipwrecks, exiles, and political intrigue.
You’ll learn
- Virtue is the sole good; all else is indifferent
- Focus only on what is up to you
- Stoicism is a philosophy of action, not contemplation
- Progress, not perfection, is the goal