Name: Lives of the Stoics
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Author: Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

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Chapter 1 The Shipwreck That Saved a Soul

Philosophy is action, not words. Zeno used disaster as fuel. Epictetus taught the dichotomy of control: focus only on what is up to you. Marcus Aureli…

Chapter 2 The Water Carrier and The Fighter 🔒

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Chapter 3 The Roman Transition 🔒

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Chapter 4 The Iron Man 🔒

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Chapter 5 The Pragmatist and the Hypocrite? 🔒

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Chapter 6 The Slave Who Became Free 🔒

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Chapter 7 The Philosopher King 🔒

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Chapter 8 The Opposition and The Torch 🔒

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Chapter 9 Conclusion: The Fire That Never Dies 🔒

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Lives of the Stoics

Holiday profiles the ancient Stoics—Zeno, Seneca,

Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius—revealing that philosophy isn't

theory, but action. Learn from their triumphs and failures

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