In this book, the author shows us how to put the advices of the Stoics into practice. The book goes into the different stoic topics. The author introduces some quotes from the famous Stoics around a topic, and explains how you could use this in your everyday life.
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Read fiction as well as non-fiction. Started reading somewhere in the seventies, still enjoying a good book :)
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