Picked up this book as part of my reading about Stoicism. And I really enjoyed it! This takes a conversational yet sort of academic style to cover 12 major thought areas of Stoicism (judgement, externals, perspective, death, desire, wealth and pleasure, what others think, valuation, emotion, adversity, virtue, and learning). The author has an intro to each topic, then walked through it weaving several quotes from ancient stoics and modern philosophers to cover the topic

The last chapter is about criticisms of Stoicism, which is very healthy to see the other side and understand the thoughts against the philosophy.

I liked how the topics were presented and the quotes and analysis from the writers came together. Obviously they read each other and were influenced, and this shows that progression. Well done.

I borrowed this from my library, but I'll be on the lookout for a used or sale copy for my library. It'll be worth re-reading in a year or so.