A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

It was more accessible to me. There is a lot of misunderstanding of who a stoic is, and what stoicism is. I think this book clears it up well.

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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

A guide to the good life: The ancient art of stoic joy by William B. Irvine

I really enjoyed A Guide to the Good Life (on Stoicism) by William B. Irvine

This subject keeps coming up so much I made a site just to keep track of books hn'ers recommend to each other: http://hn-books.com I think out of all the books I read, the stoicism book made the biggest impact on me -- http://www.hn-books.com/Books/A-Guide-to-the-Good-Life-The-A... (http://www.hn-books.com/Books/A-Guide-to-the-Good-Life-The-Ancient-Art-of-Stoic-Joy.htm) . It really came out of left field and provided immediately useful advice on how to conduct myself both as a founder and as a hacker. But "The Sparrow" was the best sci-fi I have read in years, so I can't exclude that. Terrifically good book. http://www.hn-books.com/Books/The-Sparrow.htm