Great introduction to Stoicism; not pretentious and really accessible to the average person, I thought. Does a great job to relate the ancient philosophy to modern issues. The only thing I thought would have made the book even better would be if there were more ancient quotes, references to ancient philosophers, and perhaps an appendix or list at the end of further reading on Stoicism to get readers started. Other than this, which is not crucial anyway, it's a good introduction, especially for someone who has little to no idea about the philosophy.