Stoic Six Pack 2 (Illustrated): Consolations From A Stoic, On The Shortness of Life and More

by Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Musonius Rufus

"To relax the mind is to lose it."

Stoic Six Pack 2 brings together six more essential texts for students of

Consolations From A Stoic by Seneca
On The Shortness of Life by Seneca
Lectures and Fragments of Musonius Rufus
Ethical Fragments by Hierocles
Meditations In Verse by Marcus Aurelius and James Blake
The Stoics by Diogenes Laërtius

In addition to these six books there is

*Two image galleries.
*Seneca the Stoic – a biographical essay.

Each work has been newly revised, edited and curated for the digital age. There is a complete Musonius Rufus and the rarely published Stoic Hierocles . Consolations From A Stoic contains all three of Seneca’s consolations – To Marcia, To Helvia and To Polybius . On The Shortness of Life also by Seneca is presented in a brand new translation by author Damian Stevenson. The Stoics by Diogenes Laërtius is a fascinating 3rd century biography of the first Greek Stoics – Zeno of Citium, Dinoysius the Renegade, Chrysippus of Soli et al and there is also Meditations In Verse , an interesting Victorian poetic homage to Aurelius.

Stoic Six Pack 2 is an amazing collection of masterworks and rarities, a must-read for fans of Meditations, Letters From A Stoic and Stoic philosophy in general.

Genres: Philosophy

239 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 7, 2015

About the author

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise") was Emperor of the Roman Empire from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the more important Stoic philosophers. His two decades as emperor were marked by near continual warfare. He was faced with a series of invasions from German tribes, and by conflicts with the Parthian Empire in the east. His reign also had to deal with an internal revolt in the east, led by Avidius Cassius.

Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty and has been praised for its "exquisite accent and its infinite tenderness."

Reviews

[chysbl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book full of advice and food for thought. I didn't finish the book cover to cover and I didn't feel like I should. I think its the kind of book that you go to when you need it because it requires self-reflection afterwards. It's a bit difficult to read because the way it was written/translated, so I could only read a couple pages at a time..

[Steliyan Stoyanov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, not a light read for me because it's full of so many good advice/examples.

I've personally didn't like the last part, which analyzes the different stoic philosophers, but everything is definitely worth reading.