by Ryan Holiday
Holiday distills 366 daily meditations drawn from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus. Each entry translates ancient Stoic wisdom into actionable guidance for modern challenges in work and life.
In this collection, The Daily Stoic references 2 other books and is cited by 3 other books.
It draws on Meditations and Letters from a Stoic.
It’s picked up by Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control and Wisdom Takes Work.
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The Daily Stoic is structured as 366 daily meditations, drawing its core philosophy directly from Marcus Aurelius. Each entry translates ancient Stoic wisdom into modern practical guidance.
Seneca's letters provide the second major philosophical source for The Daily Stoic. Holiday draws on Seneca's practical advice on manageing emotions, wealth, and mortality.
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Co-authored with Hanselman as a companion volume to The Daily Stoic, sharing its source base of Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius
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Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aureliusby Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
Directly extends the daily-practice framework of The Daily Stoic into the virtue of temperance
The Daily Stoic, Holiday's daily email series, is described as both "a great privilege to produce and also the kind of penance." Over four thousand emails, seven hundred thousand words, eighty million sends.
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