The Stoic Life: Emotions, Duties, and Fate

by Tad Brennan

Book Overview

Tad Brennan explains how to live the Stoic life--and why we might want to. Stoicism has been one of the main currents of thought in Western civilization for two thousand years: Brennan offers a fascinating guide through the ethical ideas of the original Stoic philosophers, and shows how valuable these ideas remain today, both intellectually and in practice. He writes in a lively informal style which will bring Stoicism to life for readers who are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019921705X
• ISBN13: 9780199217052
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"