Books like Seneca
Loved Seneca by Seneca? Here are 6 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Seneca →6 books
- 1Meditations
Meditations
Marcus AureliusA Stoic emperor's private notes on duty, mortality and self-discipline, written in short reflective passages.
Books like it → - 2Discourses and Selected Writings
Discourses and Selected Writings
EpictetusPractical Stoic teaching on what lies within our control and how to meet hardship with reason.
- 3The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy
BoethiusA prisoner's dialogue with Philosophy on fortune, loss and the good life, shaped by Stoic and Platonic ideas.
- 4On Old Age and on Friendship
On Old Age and on Friendship
CiceroTwo short Roman dialogues on ageing and friendship that present ethical ideas through a conversational frame.
- 5A Guide to the Good Life
A Guide to the Good Life
William B. IrvineA modern introduction to Stoic practice that applies ancient exercises to everyday anxiety and desire.
- 6The Inner Citadel
The Inner Citadel
Pierre HadotA study of Stoic spiritual exercises that places ancient ethical writing in its practical and philosophical setting.
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