by Ryan Holiday
The first volume of Holiday's Stoic Virtues series argues that courage is the foundational cardinal virtue on which all others depend. Drawing on Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus alongside historical exemplars from Florence Nightingale to Frank Serpico, Holiday reframes courage as a daily practice of facing fear, standing on principle, and acting despite uncertainty.
In this collection, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave references 4 other books and is cited by 1 other book.
It draws on Meditations, Letters from a Stoic and Nicomachean Ethics.
It’s picked up by Wisdom Takes Work.
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Marcus Aurelius's Meditations is quoted throughout on duty, fortitude, and facing difficulty
Seneca's Letters are cited on preparation, training, and the discipline required before facing challenges
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is referenced for its treatment of courage as the mean between cowardice and recklessness, foundational to Holiday's framework of the cardinal virtues
Explicitly builds on The Obstacle Is the Way, extending its Stoic framework into the virtue-series treatment of courage
The exact passages where other authors bring up “Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave” and what they take from it.
Holiday references the afterword to Courage Is Calling when discussing his early career mistakes, connecting the experiences across his virtue series.
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