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On the Shortness of Life
Seneca the YoungerAn essay arguing that most people waste their time, and that a life can be long if it is well used.
Meditations
Marcus AureliusThe private notebook of a Roman emperor, written in Greek, full of self-reminders about duty and mortality.
The Inner Citadel
Pierre HadotA scholarly reading of Marcus Aurelius that treats Stoicism as a lived practice of spiritual exercises.
Stoic Philosophy
John M. RistA scholarly survey of the school's doctrines and their development in antiquity.
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A Guide to the Good LifeWilliam B. Irvine - How to Be a Stoic
How to Be a StoicMassimo Pigliucci - The Obstacle Is the Way
The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday - How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
How to Think Like a Roman EmperorDonald Robertson - Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Lives of Eminent PhilosophersDiogenes Laertius - Plutarch's Morals
Plutarch's MoralsPlutarch1500 - The discourses of Epictetus
The discourses of EpictetusEpictetus1800 - The emperor's handbook
The emperor's handbookMarcus Aurelius2002 - The practicing stoic
The practicing stoicWard Farnsworth2018 - The stoic philosophy of Seneca
The stoic philosophy of SenecaSeneca the Younger1958 - The treatises of M.T. Cicero
The treatises of M.T. CiceroCicero1493 - Plotinus
PlotinusPlotinus1914