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Think like a Stoic

Written by: Massimo Pigliucci, The Great Courses
Narrated by: Professor Massimo Pigliucci
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Distilled to its essence, the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy known as Stoicism is a philosophy of personal betterment. Professor Pigliucci, who knows firsthand just how transformative a Stoic approach to life can be, has designed these 25 lessons as an enlightening introduction to the basics of Stoic philosophy and ways to incorporate its lessons into your own life.

For example, the Stoic understanding of ethics was far broader than the study of right and wrong, encompassing questions concerning one’s goals and one’s relationship to other people. Also, the Stoics felt that logic was another requirement of a well-lived life, because good thinking helps protect us from living according to nonsensical notions.

Throughout the course, you’ll investigate what these great philosophers’ words and deeds can teach us about living life in the 21st century. What does Seneca tell us about managing our time in the best way possible? Why did Epictetus suggest to debate patiently with disagreeable people? Can Marcus Aurelius’ philosophy of being mindful of the labels we give ourselves help make the world a better place?

This course includes plenty of exercises you can use to retrain your mind to take on a more Stoic view of your life and the world around you. Yes, you’ll come away with an incredible wealth of knowledge about the history and principles of one of the most enduring philosophies of life - but you’ll also be on your way to a more meaningful life for yourself.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Very practical philosophy explained by the professor in a succinct way. This has definitely helped me in looking at life in a different way and inspired me to be a better human everyday.

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Memento Mori ❤️

Massimo Pigliucci is an expert in the field of Stoicism. it was great listening from him, quite an extensive course and practical as well.
Highly Recommend to the people interested in philosophy and stoicism or just want to delve deeper into living a well lived life.

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Great lectures with great content and presentation

Great content with well organised presentation. The pace of lectures is also great for audio listening.

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Great for beginners

If you are new to this philosophy then this audiobook is great for introduction.
Pdf given here is also great for further readings and references.
Voice of professor massimo felt perfect to what i was searching for.

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learn what's useful about stoicism; discard rest.

I like the parts about stoicism and the dichotomy of control - But not everything in life is about being a better "moral" and "ethical" human being. I would have rated this a 5, If the professor was self-aware enough to keep his own political biases out of the lecture.

In one of the later episodes the professor dives into how "unnamed" billionaires and professional star coaches apply stoicism in their everyday life and critics them saying they are apparently doing it wrong because they are optimizing stoic philosophy towards making money and winning tournaments instead of becoming better human being as judged by the standards of stoicism held by the professor himself.

The course becomes more and more biased towards the end of the lectures with the professor increasingly diving into how apparently feminists are stoic and even compares a feminist named Susan fowler with other (fictional) and real characters like Nelson Mandela and Spider man.. Are you serious?

The lectures start off very well giving you a history of stoicism, and dives deeply into the thinking of people like Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius,

But ends very poorly with the lectures diverting towards talking about feminism,Spiderman etc.

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