The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient

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192 pages

English language

Published June 24, 2019

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978-0-393-65249-9
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In this practical, refreshingly optimistic guide, philosopher William B. Irvine explains how centuries-old wisdom can help us better cope with everything from the everyday stresses of modern living to its significant crises. The Stoic Challenge uniquely combines insights from ancient Stoics like Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus with techniques discovered by contemporary psychological research, such as anchoring and framing. The result is Irvine’s surprisingly simple, updated “Stoic test strategy,” which teaches us how to dramatically alter our emotional response to life’s stumbling blocks. Not only can we overcome these obstacles?we can benefit from them, too.

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reviewed The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient by William B. Irvine

Building resilience through tests

Stoicism, but laser focused on tests. What's a test? Any class of setbacks one faces on a day.

He shares some setbacks about airports and how he approached each. There are dozens of examples of the ancient Stoics and modern people who faced challenges and took them on.

I did like the book. I found the text to be somewhat conversational which made it easy to follow. Each chapter is broken up into sections, which assisted my sporadic reading over a few days. His other Stoicism book is pretty good.

The author took some liberties with Stoicism, and some of criticized this work for doing that. I personally see no issues, and did like his modern approach to dealing with tests and setbacks.

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