bella_mckinnon's reviews
53 reviews

Good, I can see why it’s so popular. Just didn’t apply to me in a lot of ways so I couldn’t fully relate to it. Not bad at all. Good, brief bits of wisdom that I’m sure others will appreciate more than I did.

Great book. If anyone’s interested in Stoicism and wants to head straight to the ancient texts, this would be great given it’s short length. Covers a lot of the basic ideas, and if you’re hooked, then you can go on to read more Stoic texts like Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’ or Seneca’s ‘Letters’. On its own though, great. He has a good wit about him, as well as his wits about him (ba dum tssss). Short, straight to the point, lots of nuggets of wisdom to take away from it.

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.