Special format and discursive style make the book a pleasure to read. My sincere thanks and gratitude to the author for writing it. The book is just terrific.

How to be a stoic is a guide to living a happy, peaceful, and fearless life. At the core of stoicism is the idea that virtue is the only thing that matters. Stoic spirituality is sublime but austere, and stoic ethics calls for difficult personal trans...  Read More

This book is light on philosophical argument yet long on practical applications of stoicism to everyday life. This introductory book is as good as one would expect if familiar with his invaluable (near daily) stoic meditations short podcasts. Probably...  Read More

Irvine's how to be a stoic is a study of the life of epictetus. The appendix section of the book has a brief but useful outline of the hellenistic schools of practical philosophy.

Mp's writing is clear & expressive. Given his depth of knowledge, htbas is imminently readable.

It rambles with no rhythm or reason. It's every author's prerogative to suit his rhetoric to his ends.

Animals are altruistic. We are the only species that commits genocide. Just that these are some of the avalanche of questions i began having after the superficial explanation about living according to nature.