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Stoic Book Review: More Than Happiness by Antonia Macaro

More Than Happiness: Buddhist and Stoic Wisdom for a Sceptical Age is a new book by existential psychotherapist Antonia Macaro.  Macaro is also the co-author, along with philosopher Julian Baggini, of The Shrink and the Sage, based on their Financial Times column. Macaro says that the philosophy she most identifies with is actually Aristotelianism but that …

The Stoic Philosophy of Michael Cohen?

What does Michael Cohen's sentencing statement in court today have to do with Socrates or Stoic philosophy?

Book Review: Does Happiness Write Blank Pages? by Piotr Stankievicz

Does Happiness Write Blank Pages? On Stoicism and Artistic Creativity is a new book by Piotr Stankievicz, a Polish poet and philosopher.  He’s also a member of the Modern Stoicism team responsible for organizing Stoicon and Stoic Week. Does Happiness Write Blank Pages? tackles the question of whether Stoicism, as a philosophy of life is …

Audio Version of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

The digital audio version of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius is now available to pre-order from Audible. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor on Audible This book’s particularly well suited to audio because the final chapter was written specifically so that it could be read aloud, …

Talk in Toronto: Stoicism Living With Love and Anger

I recently arrived in Toronto, where I’ll be staying for a while, and I’ve been invited to give a talk by Peter Limberg of the Toronto Stoics group. I’ll be talking about Stoicism’s relevance for our emotions and relationships in the modern world, and how to apply its concepts and techniques in practice. Please don’t …

Socrates the Pimp and the Celestial Art of Love

“It seems to me that in writing about the deeds of truly good men, it is proper to record not only their serious activities, but their diversions too.” That’s the opening line of Xenophon’s Symposium, a dialogue about the philosopher Socrates and his friends attending a drinking party. It’s a philosophical dialogue about the nature …

Save $5 on Pre-orders of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

Use the coupon code NOVBOOK18 to claim your $5 discount off my new book How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, if you pre-order today from Amazon.  (Terms and conditions apply.) Table of Contents Introduction 1. The Dead Emperor     The Story of Stoicism 2. The Most Truthful Child …

Book Review: Aristotle’s Way by Edith Hall

Aristotle’s Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life is a new book by Edith Hall, professor in the Department of Classics and Centre for Hellenic Studies at King’s College, London.  As the title makes clear, it’s a book about how Aristotle’s philosophy can provide practical guidance for living, aimed at a general readership. I …

Preliminary Data from Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training (SMRT) 2018

Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training (SMRT) 2018 is underway.  Just over 3,000 people have enrolled to take part this year.  Tim LeBon has already got some initial data from the questionnaires.  This word cloud shows the main reasons people gave for taking part: 68.5% of participants are male and 30.5% female. Most participants were aged …

Order Your Signed Copy of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

Some of you have have contacted me about obtaining signed copies of my new book How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius.  I’m pleased to announce that you can now order your copy by phone or email from Ben McNally’s bookstore and they will ship it to you as soon …