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Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure
Stoic Exercise for Mental Fitness
by William Ferraiolo
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Pub Date
27 Oct 2017
| Archive Date
2 Oct 2017
Description
A collection of meditations in the Stoic tradition. Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure provides access to the ruminations, practices, and applications of ancient Stoic philosophy as deployed by a contemporary professional philosopher with twenty five years of experience teaching, researching, and publishing articles in academic journals. Each meditation is presented in the second person, encouraging the reader to examine their struggles and failures in the pursuit of self-improvement and enlightenment.
A collection of meditations in the Stoic tradition. Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure provides access to the ruminations, practices, and applications of ancient Stoic philosophy as deployed...
Description
A collection of meditations in the Stoic tradition. Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure provides access to the ruminations, practices, and applications of ancient Stoic philosophy as deployed by a contemporary professional philosopher with twenty five years of experience teaching, researching, and publishing articles in academic journals. Each meditation is presented in the second person, encouraging the reader to examine their struggles and failures in the pursuit of self-improvement and enlightenment.
Advance Praise
Meditations on
Self-Discipline and Failure will make you pause and reflect… Written in the
style of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, and with a strong flavor of Epictetus,
it confronts the reader with what happens if one looks at reality in the eyes
and considers regulating his life accordingly.
Massimo Pigliucci PhD,
author of How to Be Stoic: Using Ancient
Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
This short book is packed full of useful reminders, reflections, and exhortations, drawing upon and digesting resources stemming from classic Stoic philosophy and other sources of wisdom. Gregory Sadler, editor of Stoicism Today and author of Reason Fulfilled By Revelation
Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure will make you pause and reflect… Written in the style of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, and with a strong flavor of...
Advance Praise
Meditations on
Self-Discipline and Failure will make you pause and reflect… Written in the
style of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, and with a strong flavor of Epictetus,
it confronts the reader with what happens if one looks at reality in the eyes
and considers regulating his life accordingly.
Massimo Pigliucci PhD,
author of How to Be Stoic: Using Ancient
Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
This short book is packed full of useful reminders, reflections, and exhortations, drawing upon and digesting resources stemming from classic Stoic philosophy and other sources of wisdom. Gregory Sadler, editor of Stoicism Today and author of Reason Fulfilled By Revelation
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William Ferraiolo
received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Oklahoma in 1997. Since
then, William has taught philosophy at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton,
California. He lives in Lodi, CA.
William Ferraiolo received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Oklahoma in 1997. Since then, William has taught...
Marketing Plan
William Ferraiolo
received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Oklahoma in 1997. Since
then, William has taught philosophy at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton,
California. He lives in Lodi, CA.
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9781785355875 |
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CA$28.95 (CAD)
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9781785355875 |
| PRICE |
CA$28.95 (CAD)
|
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