Philosophy

I’ve spent dozens of hours reading philosophy over the last month or so as a beginner, and the work that so far has stood out to me is “Enchiridion”, derived from Epictetus’ Stoic teachings. It’s very short and practical - now a weekly read for me

I’ve spent dozens of hours reading philosophy over the last month or so as a beginner, and the work that so far has stood out to me is “Enchiridion”, derived from Epictetus’ Stoic teachings. It’s very short and practical - now a weekly read for me

https://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html

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It’s like the spark notes to all his other teachings, compiled by Arrian (who also wrote all his other books as Epictetus never himself wrote down anything)

This is fantastic, Nick! I'm familiar w Epictetus but had not seen this before. Just added a version to my Kindle to read in its entirety later today. 🙏 

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not my favourite translation - the penguin classics version is better and more modern 💯

Seneca - advisor to the Roman emperor
Epictetus - born a slave

Yet both of these men are considered to be important stoic philosophers.

If you are willing to dive into ancient Chinese philosophy, I could recommend Sun Tzu’s “Art of War”. It is a book I am coming back to throughout my life.

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Wasn't aware of this one, thanks for sharing Nick. "As A Man Thinketh" by James Allen is a brilliant short read I'd recommend that I like to revisit quite often.