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The Practicing Stoic
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Essays
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Publisher's Summary
The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise. The result is a set of philosophy lessons for everyone - the most valuable wisdom of ages past made available for our times, and for all time.
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- Education Expert
- 07-03-2020
I would guess the book is better
I am a huge fan of Stoicism and my similar background to the author makes me biased in his favor. The ideas, of course, are wonderful. But the excessive attributions make the audio book a hard listen. I was expecting far more commentary from the author. Instead, there are endless quotes from the great Stoic minds - that's not a bad thing and for me quite a good thing -- but at the end of each quote, we have to endure listening to the footnote. i realize that quoting sources requires proper attribution and, in a book, the reader can quickly gaze over the details. A solution: just provide a PDF for those who want the exact citation, Audible listeners are usually not sitting with a pen and paper so whatever attributions are given - beyond the original speaker's name - are nearly useless. Incredibly frustrating.
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- J'oli
- 26-03-2019
A comprehensive guide to stoicism. Mind altering. Life changing
I recommend this to anyone seeking peace of mind through the practice of the philosophy o stoicism. This book is very well researched and covers all the great stoic thinkers such as Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Schopenhauer even Emerson. I followed this purchase with ON ANGER by Seneca, MEDITATIONS by Aurelius, THE ENCHIRIDION, and THE WISDOM OF LIFE by Schopenhauer and THE COMPLETE ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE and found that THE PRACTICING STOIC is like a really good “cliff notes” of the above books combined. So, this is the book I now recommend to friends and family. I reread it at least once a week, and have since purchased a physical copy as well. Many thanks to the author for putting this together. Great job to the narrator as well.
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- Deborah Jean Anderson
- 14-03-2019
A good place to start before diving in.
Probably the most important thing that I should mention is that this book is less an original interpretation of stoic thoughts and ideas than it is a curated collection of some of the most important statements made by famous stoics and those influenced by them. However, it is no less for that fact and I appreciate the author's willingness to let the greats of stoic philosophy speak for themselves. Also, the author chose to set up the individual sections of the book as though they were lessons building off of one another in order to bring the reader/ listener to a more nuanced understanding of the topic gradually. In this I believe they were highly successful. I believe this book serves as a great starting point for the interested to begin studying the subject in earnest. Perhaps the next step might be to study the original works mentioned in this text for ones self.
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- Abysis212
- 04-08-2020
Grows on you...
Initially I tried listening to this book straight through. I didn’t quite make it all the way. This book isn’t great as a narrative overall. The opening chapter are in narrative format and the most entertaining to listen to for sure. The rest of the book reads like a series of bullet points on specific topics. Each topic is then given its own chapter. It’s a unique way of organizing a book really. Anyway, I did enjoy listening to much of it but there is only so much you can absorb at one time. I wasn’t quite sure how I felt overall but now I see it as a sort of condensed collection of wisdom that can be returned to for brief periods of time. The stoics were quite refreshing and funny after all. I quite like the performance. The vocalist reading the text has the right amount of seriousness and dry humor. I often found myself smiling. Also, considering the material reads in part like a textbook and part a zen koan I think he does a great job.
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- Neil A. Baesel
- 13-01-2020
An outstanding resource, great quotes and context!
A very useful survey of the teachings of the Stoics, quoting both from primary sources and the writings of later authors influenced by them. It's helpful to compare and contrast these views, and to have them placed in context by the author of this work. Recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-07-2019
Highly recommend
Great book with many great unique ideas. Beautifully narrated and I love how he organized the ideas by topics. Very easy to follow . I can’t believe even 2000 years later same ideas apply to our lives today.
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- Dunewanderer
- 22-01-2019
practical, reasonable
I found parts to be amusing as well as helpful in dealing with everyday life.
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- Aaron Holt
- 15-01-2020
great stoic book
good narration. great informative. more informative than enlightening. good for a listen for learning and refreshing knowledge.
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- Vincent Buggs
- 09-03-2019
Begins well, ends so so
The first 5 or so chapters are great. They follow the standard flow of a well written themed chapter. The later chapters are so so in that they are nothing but quotes from Epictetus, Seneca and Montaigne. Imagine listening to Epictetus says, Seneca says, or Montaigne says for a few hours. The bright side is you wouldn’t have to buy the aforementioned philosophers as their works are contained here.
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- isabel B.
- 26-10-2020
Great book
extremely well written and explained great way to get acquainted with all the great minds of the past .we can realized that all has been said ! nothing we hear now is NEW
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- Guilherme Duarte Carvalho
- 29-01-2019
amazing substance with poor delivery
very interesting but the performance is rushed and hard to follow. the content itself is worth it by itself though
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-01-2021
A must read/listen for all aspiring stoics
A fantastic systematic account of stoicism. Perennial wisdom brilliantly categorised and commented on by the author.
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- Paulo Ferreira
- 25-10-2020
Not another introduction to Stoicism
I first heard about Farnsworth's book while listening to the Sunday Stoic podcast. The author has done exhaustive research to piece together how Stoics (and others who understood Stoicism) have viewed setbacks, insults, time and other important topics through the ages. As an audiobook, listening to author, title and year for each of the hundreds of references gets a bit tiresome, but I can see why they had to do it.
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- vincent brady
- 05-05-2020
Review The Practicing Stoic
Excellent introduction to Stoicism and the philosophers who championed it. Each chapter covers a particular facet such as how to live on the present. There are liberal quotes from philosophers such as Epictetus and Montaigne which add greatly to the impact. The book has certainly piqued my interest and I hope to further delve by perhaps reading original works such as Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
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