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The Stoic Art of Living: Inner Resilience and Outer Results By Tom Morris ( Open Court )
Release Date: 2004-04-07
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List Price: $17.95
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Product Description
Tom Morris is the former Notre Dame philosophy professor whose classes became a campus legend and whose nationwide speaking engagements have electrified the audiences of corporate America. Continuing in his mission to bring philosophical wisdom into the trenches of everyday life, he shows how ideas of Stoic Philosophy — which emphasizes goals like gaining command of one's passions and achieving indifference to pain and distress — are completely up to date in their relevance to the practical issues people confront in the 21st century.
Divided into three accessible sections, the book focuses on three leading Stoics: the slave Epictetus, the lawyer Seneca, and the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. From the bottom of society to the upwardly mobile middle to society's very top, the book highlights how these Stoics' insights relate to modern experience. Philosophy buffs and fans of Morris's other works will appreciate this latest application of ancient wisdom to new concerns.
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 Too little substance... ( n7was )
I suppose that my expectations of this book set me up...I was hoping for a substantive exposure to stoicism. This is not that book. Instead the author breezes through each significant figure in the history of this school of philosophy and gives us highlights but little of substance. I would recommend that the reader who is seeking to understand stoicism and apply the insights of this dynamic school of philosophy would be better served by reading and applying the exercises found within a course taught by Keith Seddon "Stoic Serenity: A Practical Course on Finding Inner Peace." The text for this course can be found on Amazon.com.
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 Stoic Philosophy for Everyday Living ( mattdodd1775 )
If you have ever wondered if ancient philosophers' teachings can possibly be relevant today, this great book will show you how their words, and why Stoic philosophers in particular, are especially relevant in today's dynamic world.
In the introduction and in the book's last paragraph, Morris explained the purpose of the book and the value of Stoic philosophy in our everyday lives:
"Three thinkers in particular [Seneca, a lawyer; Epictetus, a former slave; and Marcus Aurelius, an Emperor of Rome], living during the Golden Age of Rome, saw that the strength of inner resilience is the secret to personal effectiveness; that inner peace is, for most of us, the missing link to personal happiness; and that a nobility of self-possession and emotional self-control can make all the difference for living a life in full command of its own resouces, and with a deep enjoyment of its intrinsic rewards. The Stoics saw what we need. And they left us some powerful advice about how to find it in our lives...The distinctive perspectives of the three great Stoic thinkers can help us on our way as we seek to make our difference in this world, enjoy our proper forms of success, and experience that inner happiness that otherwise might have seemed so elusive. With a little ancient wisdom to build on, we can move forward more strongly, more effectively, and more confidently into the future."
The book is organized into three parts, with one part devoted to each of the three great Stoics. Morris takes the words of each thinker and shares his personal thoughts about them in the context of the struggles and challenges we face today. His perspectives are drawn from his years of experience as a major university philosophy professor, and as a widely-popular philosophical consultant to many successful organizations.
I have already read and am familiar with Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. Morris' commentary helped me to better understand and deepened my appreciation for the wisdom of those Stoic thinkers. Being totally unfamiliar with Seneca, Morris' analysis gave me a great detailed introduction to Seneca's thinking, and definitely whetted my appetite for reading his words for myself.
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Quite Enjoyable - Highly Recommended ( dameind )
I was pleasantly surprised. Like some other reviewers, this was my first foray into the stoic story, and I found this quite readable and well written. True, I tended to skip over some of the areas that didn't "work" for me, for personal reasons, but much of this is simply a good, pithy read and a nice, humorous work by Tom Morris. This will go into my "top" shelf, I have already started a second reading. Anyone with an interest in Robert DeRopp (if anyone remembers him) would find this enjoyable and intriguing. P.S. - someone complained about Morris imposing his religious views into this work, but I did not find that concerning, or at least, nothing struck me offensively in that manner.
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how to apply a stoic outlook to everyday living ( number1customerservice )
There are useful examples, subjugated by easy to find chapter headings of how to use a stoic approach to deal with everyday life issues. I read this book over a year ago and still keep it handy to remind myself ways to apply stoicism in practical ways to my life situations. Very refreshing and accessible, that is not boring or stuffy.
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My first book on stoicism
I read a few reviews on here before posting mine. This was my first book on stoicism because I only had a very vague understanding of stoicism and wanted to learn more. This book accomplished that. I loved the quotes in here. Great quotes from Seneca. Great quotes from Epictetus. It didn't really seem like he gave us much Aurilleus, but what was there was good. His commentary felt like filler at times. Plus it seemed like he was selling his own ideology and backing it up with quotes, rather than simply giving a quote and interpreting it in context. As one person already observed, he injected some of his own religious beliefs in there, which was probably unnecessary in a book on stoicism. Overall, though, I found it very enjoyable.
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