Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience PDF

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Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience

Read Online and Download Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience. How do we find calm in times of stress and uncertainty? How do we cope with sudden losses or find meaning in a world that can easily rob us of what we most value? Drawing on the wisdom of Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and others, Nancy Sherman's Stoic Wisdom presents a compelling, modernStoicism that teaches grit, resilience, and the importance of close relationships in addressing life's biggest and smallest challenges.A renowned expert in ancient and modern ethics, Sherman relates how Stoic methods of examining beliefs and perceptions can help us correct distortions in what we believe, see, and feel. Her study reveals a profound insight about the Stoics: They never believed, as Stoic popularizers often hold, thatrugged self-reliance or indifference to the world around us is at the heart of living well. We are at home in the world, they insisted, when we are connected to each other in cooperative efforts. We build resilience and goodness through our deepest .

Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience by Nancy Sherman

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