Recently I have been reading about the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy Stoicism, which I encountered via Derek Sivers, Tim Ferriss and my reading of the New England transcendentalists.
The book I read is called A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine. I liked it a lot, and I don’t want to lose what I have learnt, so I prepared the cheatsheet below.
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