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Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.27 — 381,293 ratings — published 180
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.37 — 936,925 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 — 28,124 ratings — published 2008
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.32 — 61,200 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 — 38,915 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 — 1,621 ratings — published 1981
The Complete Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.23 — 22,716 ratings — published 1580
The Consolations of Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.01 — 35,184 ratings — published 2000
The Art of Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,770 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 — 160,970 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 — 49,265 ratings — published 49
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 182,297 ratings — published 2018
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.90 — 277,432 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 — 65,101 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 — 54,942 ratings — published 2016
The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,404 ratings — published 1647
The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 627 ratings — published 150
Fragments (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.18 — 8,283 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 — 104,715 ratings — published 2014
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 124,892 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 4.15 — 1,056 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 — 2,662 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 — 2,417 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 — 76,924 ratings — published 2020
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 123,675 ratings — published 2002
Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,373 ratings — published 2009
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.49 — 226,678 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 — 15,443 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 3.86 — 1,486,365 ratings — published 2016
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.16 — 198,670 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 — 226,827 ratings — published 2016
Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 20,989 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 — 12,468 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 — 4,413 ratings — published 1997
Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,380 ratings — published 2012
The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,414 ratings — published 1992
Discourses and Selected Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,170 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 — 11,138 ratings — published 2010
Nature and Selected Essays (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,367 ratings — published 1836
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.08 — 46,429 ratings — published 2006
How Will You Measure Your Life? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.05 — 38,910 ratings — published 2012
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.29 — 187,930 ratings — published -350
Discursos (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.27 — 5,683 ratings — published 108
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.10 — 59,762 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 — 11,870 ratings — published 2016
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.00 — 63,289 ratings — published -350
The Practice of Not Thinking: A Guide to Mindful Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.34 — 3,081 ratings — published 2013
Peace of Mind: De Tranquillitate Animi (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,152 ratings — published 60
Butterflies: Reflections, Tales, and Verse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as practical-philosophy)
avg rating 3.98 — 41 ratings — published
“Pragmatism, by its very name, poses above all as a 'pholosophy of action'; its more or less avowed assumption is that man only has needs of a practical order, material ones and, together with these, sentimental ones. It means, then, the doing away with intellectuality; but, if this is so, why go on wanting to evolve theories? That is rather hard to understand; and if pragmatism, like skepticism, which it only differs from with regard to action, wished to conform to its own standards, it would have to limit itself to a mere mental attitude, which it cannot even seek to justify logically without giving itself the lie; but there is no doubt that it is very difficult to keep strictly within such bounds.”
― East and West
― East and West
“Sometimes there is so much external noise going around that we lose ourselves in the process.”
― The Suited Monk: Finding Your Life's Purpose and True Happiness
― The Suited Monk: Finding Your Life's Purpose and True Happiness
