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Lives of the StoicsBy Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

In a Nutshell

Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, also authors of The Daily Stoic, unravel the Stoics' most notable life teachings.

Favorite Quote

Cleanthes offered the analogy of the way that a trumpet focuses our breath into a brilliant sound. … Obstacles and limitations—if responded to properly—create opportunities for beauty and excellence.

Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

Introduction

From Cleanthes to Marcus Aurelius to Zeno, many Stoic philosophers went through extraordinarily trying times. But their perseverance and attitude toward life are what leave scholars with relevant models of how one ought to navigate hardship.

Authors Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman are renowned writers who also co-authored The Daily Stoic.

While Holiday has written books like The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego is the Enemy, Hanselman works primarily as a bookseller, publisher, and literary agent.

Lives of the Stoics encompasses the various teachings and applications of philosophy that some of the most notable Stoics have gifted us.

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