Courage is Calling by Ryan Holiday and Meditations notebook 10
Tuesday October 28th, 6:30 PM
Panera Bread Renton Landing
921 N 10th St Ste E
Renton WA
For October we will begin a bi-monthly series reading the four books on the virtues written by Ryan Holiday, starting with "Courage is Calling", which will be followed by "Discipline is Destiny", "Right Thing Right Now" and his upcoming release "Wisdom Takes Work". Ryan's books lend themselves well to a book club setting, as they are approachable and are generally a series of short chapters that contain a historical example, an examination of the effect philosophy has on the subject and how this can lesson be used in our daily lives. Regarding this months selection, Aristotle held that 'Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.'
This month we will also return to the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. I am proposing that for simplicity we key the notebooks we discuss at the book club to the corresponding month of the year, so for October we will be going over Notebook 10.
We meet in-person at the Panera in Renton Landing, hope to see you there!
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6/28/2023 Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
7/19/2023 How to think like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson
8/16/2023 Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
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11/15/2023 Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday
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4/10/2024 The Enchiridion of Epictetus
5/15/2024 On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
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7/12/2024 Marcus Aurelius the Stoic Emperor by Donald Robertson
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