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

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

Some people bounce back in response to setbacks; others break. We often think that these responses are...
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The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient by Irvine, William B.

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

$41.18

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

$41.18
Author: William B. Irvine
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Some people bounce back in response to setbacks; others break. We often think that these responses are hardwired, but fortunately this is not the case. Stoicism offers us an alternative approach. Plumbing the wisdom of one of the most popular and successful schools of thought from ancient Rome, philosopher William B. Irvine teaches us to turn any challenge on its head. The Stoic Challenge, then, is the ultimate guide to improving your quality of life through tactics developed by ancient Stoics, from Marcus Aurelius and Seneca to Epictetus.

This book uniquely combines ancient Stoic insights with techniques discovered by contemporary psychological research, such as anchoring and framing. The result is a surprisingly simple strategy for dealing with life's unpleasant and unexpected challenges--from minor setbacks like being caught in a traffic jam or having a flight cancelled to major setbacks like those experienced by physicist Stephen Hawking, who slowly lost the ability to move, and writer Jean-Dominique Bauby, who suffered from locked-in syndrome.

The Stoics discovered that thinking of challenges as tests of character can dramatically alter our emotional response to them. Irvine's updated "Stoic test strategy" teaches us how to transform life's stumbling blocks into opportunities for becoming calmer, tougher, and more resilient. Not only can we overcome everyday obstacles--we can benefit from them, too.



Author: William B. Irvine
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780393652499

About the Author
Irvine, William B.: - William B. Irvine is professor of philosophy at Wright State University. The author of seven books, including The Stoic Challenge and A Guide to the Good Life, he has also written for the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Salon, Time, and the BBC. He lives in Dayton, Ohio.

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