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Please suggest other books on applying stoicism in life?
Thomas Meditations can be a tough slog. Pigliucci's "How to be a Stoic" is highly readable and gives you more grounding in philosophy. Also, Epictetus "The A…moreMeditations can be a tough slog. Pigliucci's "How to be a Stoic" is highly readable and gives you more grounding in philosophy. Also, Epictetus "The Art of Living" by Sharon Lebell (called an interpretation because she modernizes it) is terrific(less)
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