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How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
$19.99 Add to cartA philosopher asks how ancient Stoicism can help us flourish today Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal i
- Author: Pigliucci, Massimo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 08, 2018
- ISBN10: 1541644530
- Language: English
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Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
$17.99 Add to cartEpictetus was born into slavery about 55 ce in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Once freed, he established an influential school of Stoic philosophy, stressing that human beings cannot cont
- Series: Plus
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0061286052
- Language: English
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The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times
$32.00 Read moreA soaring intellectual narrative starring the radical, brilliant, and provocative philosophers Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil, and Ayn Rand by the critically acclaimed author of Time o… [more below]
- Author: Eilenberger, Wolfram
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0593297458
- Language: English
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Meditations: The Philosophy Classic
$15.00 Add to cartA deluxe special edition of the ancient classic written by the Roman Emperor known as “The Philosopher”
Meditations is a series of personal journals written by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome from 16
- Series: Capstone Classics
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0857088467
- Language: English
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Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
$27.00 Add to cartThe instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller!
Ryan Holiday’s bestselling trilogy–The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key–captivated professi- Series: The Stoic Virtues
- Author: Holiday, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 28, 2021
- ISBN10: 0593191676
- Language: English
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The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
$22.95 Add to cart“Fr. Sertillanges’s teachings are as timeless as any truths which describe the genuine nature of things. . . . This book is highly recommended not only for intellectuals, but also for students and tho
- Author: Sertillanges, A. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 28, 1992
- ISBN10: 0813206464
- Language: English
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The Human Condition: Second Edition
$26.00 Add to cartThe past year has seen a resurgence of interest in the political thinker Hannah Arendt, “the theorist of beginnings,” whose work probes the logics underlying unexpected transformations–from totalitar… [more below]
- Author: Arendt, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: October 18 2018
- ISBN10: 022658660X
- Language: English
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Beyond Good and Evil
$13.00 Add to cartFriedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with an introduction by Michael Tanner in Penguin Classics. Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche’s posi… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 014044923X
- Language: English
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Phenomenology of Spirit
$22.99 Add to cartThis brilliant study of the stages in the mind’s necessary progress from immediate sense-consciousness to the position of a scientific philosophy includes an introductory essay and a paragraph-by-para… [more below]
- Series: Galaxy Books
- Author: Hegel, G. W. F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: February 01 1979
- ISBN10: 0198245971
- Language: English
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Four Texts on Socrates: Plato’s Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito and Aristophanes’ Clouds
$17.95 Add to cartWidely adopted for classroom use, this book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and def
- Author: West, Thomas G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0801485746
- Language: English
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Discourses and Selected Writings
$18.00 Add to cartA new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher
Despite being born into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus became one of the most influential thinkers of his time- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: ?pict?te
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 25 2008
- ISBN10: 0140449469
- Language: English
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Discourses, Fragments, Handbook
$17.95 Add to cart‘About things that are within our power and those that are not.’
Epictetus’ Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They- Series: Oxford Worlds Classics
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199595186
- Language: English
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Meditations
$25.00 Add to cartA leading translation of timeless Stoic philosophy in practical aphorisms that have inspired luminaries like The Daily Stoic author Ryan Holiday, and influenced countless others to use philosophy as a
- Series: Penguin Classics Hardcover
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 28, 2015
- ISBN10: 0141395869
- Language: English
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Stillness Is the Key
$27.00 Add to cartInstant #1 New York Times Bestseller & Wall Street Journal Bestseller
In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new gen- Author: Holiday, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01, 2019
- ISBN10: 0525538585
- Language: English
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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
$19.00 Add to cart“This is a wonderful and important book that anyone interested in Stoicism or in being a better leader should read.” –Ryan Holiday
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was the final famous Stoic philosophe- Author: Robertson, Donald J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 04, 2020
- ISBN10: 1250621437
- Language: English
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Meditations: A New Translation
$24.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – “Meditations offers a glimpse into [Marcus Aurelius’s] mind, his habits, and his approach to life. . . . I think any reader would find something useful to take away from it.”–Ja… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 14 2002
- ISBN10: 0679642609
- Language: English
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Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
$30.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestseller – One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2023 – A New York Times Notable Book
“A book of big and bold ideas, Humanly Possible is humane in approach and, more important,- Author: Bakewell, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 735223378
- Language: English
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Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune
$44.00 Add to cartHellenistic astrology is a tradition of horoscopic astrology that was practiced in the Mediterranean region from approximately the first century BCE until the seventh century CE. It is the source of m
- Author: Brennan, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 698
- Publish Date: February 26, 2017
- ISBN10: 0998588903
- Language: English
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La Disciplina Marcará Tu Destino / Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Cont Rol
$21.95 Add to cart«Ryan Holiday ha tra?do las antiguas ense?anzas del estoicismo a millones de lectores, desde atletas y pol?ticos hasta directores ejecutivos . –Good Morning America
Un inspirador tributo al pode… [more below]- Series: Las Cuatro Virtudes Estoicas
- Author: Holiday, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 8417992677
- Language: Spanish
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Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium
$17.00 Add to cart“It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us…without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry.”
For several years of his turbulent life, Seneca was the guiding hand of the Roman Empir- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Seneca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: July 30, 1969
- ISBN10: 0140442103
- Language: English
