by William Irvine
Irvine revives Stoicism as a practical guide to tranquility, built on negative visualization and the dichotomy of control. Want what you already have and anxiety loses its grip.
In this collection, A Guide to the Good Life references 2 other books.
It draws on Meditations and Man's Search for Meaning.
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Irvine draws extensively on Marcus Aurelius' Meditations as a primary source for practical Stoic living
References Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning when discussing how Stoic philosophy helps find purpose amid suffering
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