Resource: Waking Up to The Stoic Path

12 min

Maureen and Pierre dive into Stoicism.  

Sam Harris's meditation app "Waking Up" has a section on the stoic path.  It's a series of mini-pods, about 8-15 minutes long that take you down the path of this philosophy with a view towards a better life.

Maureen picks up on that and introduces several resources from her studies of philosophy which are now overlapping modern interests in classical wisdom.  Pierre chimes in and a bunch of resources are discussed.  The book Pierre was trying to remember in the pod is:  The Stoic Challenge, see below.  The psychologist Maureen remembered is Albert Ellis.  Listen to this pod for a quick overview and intro to these resources:

Epictetus - Greek philosopher.

Marcus Aurelius - Roman emperor, author, philosopher

Ryan Holiday - author:  The Obstacle is the Way; The Daily Stoic; Discipline is Destiny

William B Irvine - author: The Stoic Challenge; A Guide to the Good Life; Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt and Why They Shouldn't.

Robert Greene - author:  The 48 Laws of Power & many others.

Robert Ellis - psychologist:  REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) based in part on Stoicism.

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