《The Daily Stoic》暢銷作家萊恩．霍利得╳斯蒂芬．漢塞爾曼 再度聯手

一起向斯多噶學派的哲人們，學習增強心理韌性、活出真正快樂的人生！

 

　　不管你此刻承不承認，但我們之所以讀哲學，是為了成為更棒的自己、過得更好。斯多噶學派深信這個道理。

 

　　2300年前，西提姆的芝諾創立了斯多亞學校，專門教授斯多噶學派的思想，將存於政治場域的思想辯論，引介到一般人的日常生活中。他們相信人類只是自然的縮影，人應該照自然運行的法則而活，其哲學思想所提倡的四種美德──勇氣、自我克制、正義、處世智慧──恰能運用在人們生活中都會面臨到的難題，如何養家餬口？如何找到心靈契合的伴侶？如何處理自己不穩定的情緒？如何面對死亡？在本書中，將透過介紹斯多噶學派的思想和代表人物的故事，提供解決人生疑難雜症的建議。

 

　　兩位作者以淺顯易懂的文字，書寫一位位奉行斯多噶學派的人們如何在現實中求生，從奴隸出身的愛比克泰德到羅馬皇帝馬可．奧理略，身分各異的他們，如何在各自的生命中體現斯多噶學派的精神，這麼多世紀以來，從塞內卡、加圖乃至西塞羅，經歷了這麼多不同時空背景的人們，又是怎麼持續奉行斯多噶學派，而他們的觀點對於我們面對成功與失敗時，又有何幫助呢？我們又該如何從中學到去愛我們的生命歷程，而非僅只是接受而已？

 

　　本書讓我們再次看見斯多噶學派的精神，呈現了智者們對人生珍貴、深刻的見解，而這正是現今內心總是紛亂繁雜的我們所需要的一帖良藥。(文/博客來編譯)

From the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic comes an inspiring guide to the lives of the Stoics, and what the ancients can teach us about happiness, success, resilience and virtue.

 

　　Nearly 2,300 years after a ruined merchant named Zeno first established a school on the Stoa Poikile of Athens, Stoicism has found a new audience among those who seek greatness, from athletes to politicians and everyone in between. It's no wonder; the philosophy and its embrace of self-mastery, virtue, and indifference to that which we cannot control is as urgent today as it was in the chaos of the Roman Empire. In Lives of the Stoics, Holiday and Hanselman present the fascinating lives of the men and women who strove to live by the timeless Stoic virtues of Courage. Justice. Temperance. Wisdom. Organized in digestible, mini-biographies of all the well-known--and not so well-known--Stoics, this book vividly brings home what Stoicism was like for the people who loved it and lived it, dusting off powerful lessons to be learned from their struggles and successes. More than a mere history book, every example in these pages, from Epictetus to Marcus Aurelius--slaves to emperors--is designed to help the reader apply philosophy in their own lives. Holiday and Hanselman unveil the core values and ideas that unite figures from Seneca to Cato to Cicero across the centuries. Among them are the idea that self-rule is the greatest empire, that character is fate; how Stoics benefit from preparing not only for success, but failure; and learn to love, not merely accept, the hand they are dealt in life. A treasure of valuable insights and stories, this book can be visited again and again by any reader in search of inspiration from the past.

 


Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s foremost thinkers and writers on ancient philosophy and its place in everyday life. He is a sought-after speaker, strategist, and the author of many bestselling books including The Obstacle Is the Way; Ego Is the Enemy; The Daily Stoic; and the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness Is the Key. His books have been translated into over 30 languages and read by over two million people worldwide. He lives outside Austin, Texas, with his family.

Stephen Hanselman has worked for more than three decades in publishing as a bookseller, publisher and literary agent. He is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, where he received a master’s degree while also studying extensively in Harvard’s philosophy department. He lives with his family in South Orange, New Jersey.