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A Guide to the Good Life

Hardcover • 2008 • English

A Guide to the Good Life

By William B. Irvine

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About the book

One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives. In A Guide to the Good Life, Irvine offers a refreshing presentation of Stoicism, showing how this ancient phil...Show more

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ISBN

9780195374612

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

A Guide to the Good Life

Format

Hardcover

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