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Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction

By Yale University) Inwood Brad (Professor of Philosophy and Classics

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Stoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the twenty-first century to re-think and re-organize their lives in order to achieve personal satisfaction. What is the connection between them? This Very Short Introduction provides an introductory account of Stoic philosophy, and tells the story of how ancient Stoicism survived and evolved into the movement we see today. Exploring the roots o...Show more

Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

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9780198786665

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Oxford University Press

Published year

2018

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Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction

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