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Lives of the Stoics
RYAN. HANSELMAN HOLIDAY (STEPHEN.) · 2022
84/100
👍 Worth It
Holiday and Hanselman have produced something genuinely useful — 26 digestible biographies that make ancient Stoic philosophy feel immediate and personally applicable, backed by a New York Times bestseller track record that confirms broad reader resonance. The journalistic style sacrifices some philosophical nuance, but for anyone wanting a practical entry point into Stoic thought, this is one of the best available.
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originality76
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