Book description
This volume gathers together the most important evidence about Stoic thought surviving from the ancient world. It is an expanded version of the section on Stoicism in Inwood and Gerson's Hellenistic Philosophy, consolidating related texts into larger, more continuous selections, adding material on the skeptical attack on Stoicism, and aā¦
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The surviving writings of the ābig threeā StoicsāMarcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Senecaāare the first places people turn when they want to learn about Stoicism from its original practitioners. But these three sources are missing something very important: a coherent overview of Stoic ethics. The Stoics Reader has not just one, but three such overviews from the ancient philosophical biographer Diogenes Laertius, the Stoic sympathizer Cicero, and the Stoic teacher of Augustus CaesarāArius Didymus. This volume is one of the few places you can find an English translation of Ariusās summary of Stoic ethics, making it worth the price of purchaseā¦
From Gregory's list on Stoicism for modern Stoic practitioners.
A good place to start the exploration into Stoicism. This book introduces the main characters of Stoicism, and the main areas they focused on, such as Physics and Ethics. Importantly, the book provides sources from ancient sources to expound the different areas.
From Gary's list on understanding Stoicism from multiple perspectives.
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