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| Height | 9 Inches |
| Length | 6 Inches |
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| Release date | July 1995 |
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Good for you on choosing to dedicate your life to this goal. May I make a suggestion? Research stoicism. Hope will fail you and leave you worse off than ever before. Stoic determination in the face of uncountable odds will carry you through. Check out Marcus Aurelius book 'Meditations' or the works if Seneca or Epictetus. Start here: https://dailystoic.com/stoic-reading-list/ I would also recommend reading about how stoicism can help in your daily life by reading about James Stockdale and his experiences in the Vietnam war here: https://www.amazon.com/Thoughts-Philosophical-Fighter-Pilot-Reprint/dp/0817993924
Good luck to you! Live bravely.
Yup, he was a very stoic guy, his book is pretty great.
https://www.amazon.com/Thoughts-Philosophical-Fighter-Pilot-Reprint/dp/0817993924
Great response!
Stoicism isn't studied - it is lived.
The literature and community might seem lacking, but that's always been the case with the Stoics. The only reason we have anything from Epictetus is that one of his students published his class notes. Likewise, Aurelius wanted his Meditations to be destroyed - he considered them a shameful a monument to his failures and self-doubt as a Stoic. The "truest" Stoics in history have always been the silent men of action like Cato Uticensis, whose dedication to Stoicism comes to us through observers and admirers.
This is still the case. The tacky neoStoic self-help books come out every few years and there are lame meetups, but there are many, many more who read and practice Stoicism quietly - especially among those in the military and civil service. If you have some time, I highly recommend James Stockdale's "Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot". It's his account of how he used Stoicism to survive years of torture and captivity in Vietnam. Stoicism lives.
I posted a link to this before, it's my favourite essay from this book by Stockdale. It details his thoughts on Stoicism and how it helped him survive a Vietnamese POW camp for 7 years, it's a really interesting read in my opinion.