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Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.27 — 386,906 ratings — published 180
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,490 ratings — published 1946
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.19 — 28,312 ratings — published 2008
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.32 — 62,325 ratings — published 64
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.23 — 39,390 ratings — published 125
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,638 ratings — published 1981
The Complete Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.23 — 22,841 ratings — published 1580
The Consolations of Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.01 — 35,465 ratings — published 2000
The Art of Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.78 — 6,877 ratings — published -300
The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.90 — 165,097 ratings — published 2013
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 49,961 ratings — published 49
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 183,179 ratings — published 2018
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.90 — 279,066 ratings — published 2018
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.93 — 65,705 ratings — published 1645
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.36 — 55,494 ratings — published 2016
The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,439 ratings — published 1647
The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.97 — 626 ratings — published 150
Fragments (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.18 — 8,342 ratings — published -501
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 105,679 ratings — published 2014
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 125,727 ratings — published 2007
How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,096 ratings — published
How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,698 ratings — published 2018
Deficiencies and Propensities of the Human Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,450 ratings — published 1970
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.37 — 77,903 ratings — published 2020
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 125,198 ratings — published 2002
Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,376 ratings — published 2009
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.49 — 228,375 ratings — published 2014
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.03 — 15,628 ratings — published 2017
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,498,826 ratings — published 2016
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 200,903 ratings — published 2016
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.33 — 230,824 ratings — published 2016
Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 21,097 ratings — published 1844
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.19 — 12,553 ratings — published 1951
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,462 ratings — published 1997
Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,387 ratings — published 2012
The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,429 ratings — published 1992
Discourses and Selected Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,405 ratings — published 108
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.03 — 11,234 ratings — published 2010
Nature and Selected Essays (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,374 ratings — published 1836
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.09 — 47,024 ratings — published 2006
How Will You Measure Your Life? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.05 — 39,062 ratings — published 2012
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.29 — 189,273 ratings — published -350
Discursos (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.27 — 5,702 ratings — published 108
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.09 — 60,165 ratings — published 2012
The Courage to be Happy: True Contentment Is In Your Power (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.98 — 12,218 ratings — published 2016
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.01 — 63,969 ratings — published -350
The Practice of Not Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.33 — 3,181 ratings — published 2013
Peace of Mind: De Tranquillitate Animi (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,209 ratings — published 60
Butterflies: Reflections, Tales, and Verse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.99 — 42 ratings — published
“[...two main divisions of philosophy.] The questions in the first group, the questions about being and becoming, have to do with what is or happens in the world. Such questions belong to the division of philosophy that is called theoretical or speculative. The questions in the second group, the questions concerning good and evil, or right and wrong, have to do with what ought to be done or sought, and they belong to the division of philosophy that is sometimes called practical, and is more accurately called normative. [How to Read a Book (1972), P. 268]”
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“Life is a dance more than it is an assertion and there is more health in dynamism or fluidity than there is rigidity and stasis.”
― Personal Revolutions: A Short Course in Realness
― Personal Revolutions: A Short Course in Realness
