![]() "I begin by describing the sorts of setbacks to which we are susceptible and the ways in which we typically respond to them. "By contrast, I treat Stoicism as a tool that, although in need of sharpening because of the passage of time, is not only still useful but can have a profoundly beneficial impact on modern lives." They think of Stoicism the way they think of a priceless ancient relic-as something to be kept in a hermetically sealed case, to be seen but not touched. ![]() "Some in academia will resent me for meddling with classical Stoicism in this manner. In these pages, I have fused the advice given by the first-century Stoic philosophers with the research done by late twentieth-century psychologists." “This book is an exercise in what might be thought of as twenty-first-century Stoicism. ![]()
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