Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness

by Jason Hemlock

While Stoicism places an emphasis on self-discipline and improvement,

Yes, that's the trick

As Seneca wrote, “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”

The old fella got that right.....

Given that happiness is to be found within, rather than through, external events, when we take this a step further, social divides appear arbitrary and unnecessary.

But is this really making us happy? After all, you wouldn’t be reading this book if you were satisfied with your life the way it is.

Well Mr Author, I dont think one needs to be unsatisfied with one's life to pick up a book like this - I think that comment is a bit presumptious.

Seneca discusses this in great depth in his work, On Providence. He states that it is “not what you endure, but how you endure [which] is important.”

Practical Exercise

Uuuurrrgggh - i didn;t like the practical excercised, but I suppose this is a self-help type book. I suppose :)