The Stoics: The Philosophy of Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

by Michael Moore (Editor), Marcus Aurelius, Epicurus

Arcturus Publishing Ltd The Stoics The Philosophy of Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius ABISBOOK Arcturus Publishing Ltd.

Genres: Philosophy, History, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

Published March 4, 2025

About the author

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Michael Moore is an American filmmaker, author and liberal political commentator. He is the director and producer of Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, and Capitalism: A Love Story, four of the top nine highest-grossing documentaries of all time.[3] In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, documenting his personal crusade to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections.[4] He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth.
Moore is a self-described liberal who has criticized globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, the Iraq War, U.S. President George W. Bush and the American health care system in his written and cinematic works.

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Reviews

[QC1608 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a compilation of some of the works of Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and Epicetus. While the translation of the works of Seneca is in modern English, the translation (I imagine directly from latin) used for the works of Marcus Aurelius is in XIX century? English and contains a lot archaisms no longer in use today, for example ''Art thou not content that thou hast done something confortable to thy nature''. Those ever present archaisms added a extra layer of complexity to an already dense text.