A Little Book of Stoicism by Stock, St. George is a concise and accessible introduction to the philosophy of Stoicism. The book explores the teachings of the ancient Greek and Roman Stoics, such as Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius, and how they can be applied to modern life. It covers key concepts such as the importance of reason, self-control, and acceptance of the natural order. The book also includes practical exercises and meditations to help readers incorporate Stoic principles into their daily lives. Overall, A ...
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A Little Book of Stoicism by Stock, St. George is a concise and accessible introduction to the philosophy of Stoicism. The book explores the teachings of the ancient Greek and Roman Stoics, such as Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius, and how they can be applied to modern life. It covers key concepts such as the importance of reason, self-control, and acceptance of the natural order. The book also includes practical exercises and meditations to help readers incorporate Stoic principles into their daily lives. Overall, A Little Book of Stoicism offers a clear and practical guide to the philosophy of Stoicism, making it an ideal read for anyone interested in personal growth and self-improvement.Logic as a whole being divided into rhetoric and dialectic: rhetoric was defined to be the knowledge of how to speak well in expository discourses and dialectic as the knowledge of how to argue rightly in matters of question and answer. Both rhetoric and dialectic were spoken of by the Stoics as virtues for they divided virtue in its most generic sense in the same way as they divided philosophy into physical, ethical, and logical. Rhetoric and dialectic were thus the two species of logical virtue. Zeno expressed their difference by comparing rhetoric to the palm and dialectic to the fist.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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