On the Resilience of the Wise Man

Stoicism is truly a unique philosophical school: having originated in the 3rd-2nd century BC, it continues to captivate our contemporaries. In this book, you will get acquainted with the brightest thoughts of some of the best representatives of Stoicism. "What... is our good?" by Epictetus, an ancient Greek philosopher who was once a slave and gained his freedom for his wisdom, the treatise "To Myself" by his brilliant follower Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor and philosopher, as well as two reflections "On the Blessed Life" and "On the Resilience of the Wise Man" by the third great Roman Stoic Seneca, who managed to maintain dignity while serving two of the most ferocious tyrants of Rome, Caligula and Nero, will reveal to you the depth and strength of the human spirit.