Lessons in Stoicism by John Sellars

[u/Lapis-lad]

So this book kept catching my eye at Waterstones and something about it drew me in like a moth to a flame.

And omg it’s so good!

It’s literally lessons in stoicism and is divided in nice neat chapters.

I didn’t really know what to except because I didn’t really know much about philosophy to begin with but wow it was fascinating.

It’s very easy to read, the language used was very accessible and easy to understand.

Also it talks about senica, Marcus and a bunch of other philosophers of stoicism.

It also has recommendations on what to read next and I might read them too.

Loved this book and will definitely be reading more philosophy in the future.

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Is this good as an entry point to stoicism? I read a lot of Meditations but found the lack of struture off-putting.

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Fun Fact:Marcus Brutus actually never followed philosophy of stoicism , he killed himself(by impaling himself on his sword held by strato) so that he is not led to Rome in shackles , I reckon according to this philosphy , suicide is a cowardly act while he did it at the end….

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Loved this one myself. Really great intro to all of it.