Price: £9.83
(as of Oct 05, 2024 12:53:15 UTC – Details)
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
‘Ryan Holiday is a genius’ Chris Evans
‘[He] translates Stoicism … into pithy catchphrases and digestible anecdotes for ambitious, twenty-first-century life hackers’ New York Times
The inscription on the Oracle of Delphi says: ‘Nothing in excess.’ C.S. Lewis described temperance as going to the ‘right length but no further.’ Easy to say, hard to practice – and if it was tough in 300 BC, or in the 1940s, it feels all but impossible today. Yet it’s the most empowering and important virtue any of us can learn.
Without self-discipline, all our plans fall apart. Here, Ryan Holiday shows how to cultivate willpower, moderation and self-control in our lives. From Aristotle and Marcus Aurelius, to Toni Morrison and Queen Elizabeth II, he illuminates the great exemplars of its practice and what we can learn from them. Moderation is not about abstinence: it is about self-respect, focus and balance. Without it, even the most positive traits become vices. But with it, happiness and success are assured: the key is not more but finding the right amount.
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Meet Ryan Holiday, guru of Stoic and ancient wisdom
Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s bestselling living philosophers. His books, including The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, and the # 1 New York Times bestseller Stillness Is the Key, appear in more than 40 languages and have sold more than 4 million copies. Together, they’ve spent over 300 weeks on the bestseller lists. He lives outside Austin with his wife and two boys…and a small herd of cows and donkeys and goats. His bookstore, The Painted Porch, sits on historic Main St in Bastrop, Texas. Follow Ryan on Twitter @ryanholiday and visit his website www.ryanholiday.net
Publisher : Profile Books; Main edition (27 Sept. 2022)
Language : English
Hardcover : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 1788166337
ISBN-13 : 978-1788166331
Dimensions : 3.4 x 14 x 18 cm
Customers say
Customers find the writing quality to be beautiful, clear, and consistent. They also describe the content as enlightening and teaching some of the most important lessons of stoic principles. Readers mention the book makes them undertake new challenges.
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Price: £9.83
(as of Oct 05, 2024 12:53:15 UTC – Details)
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
‘Ryan Holiday is a genius’ Chris Evans
‘[He] translates Stoicism … into pithy catchphrases and digestible anecdotes for ambitious, twenty-first-century life hackers’ New York Times
The inscription on the Oracle of Delphi says: ‘Nothing in excess.’ C.S. Lewis described temperance as going to the ‘right length but no further.’ Easy to say, hard to practice – and if it was tough in 300 BC, or in the 1940s, it feels all but impossible today. Yet it’s the most empowering and important virtue any of us can learn.
Without self-discipline, all our plans fall apart. Here, Ryan Holiday shows how to cultivate willpower, moderation and self-control in our lives. From Aristotle and Marcus Aurelius, to Toni Morrison and Queen Elizabeth II, he illuminates the great exemplars of its practice and what we can learn from them. Moderation is not about abstinence: it is about self-respect, focus and balance. Without it, even the most positive traits become vices. But with it, happiness and success are assured: the key is not more but finding the right amount.
From the Publisher
Meet Ryan Holiday, guru of Stoic and ancient wisdom
Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s bestselling living philosophers. His books, including The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, and the # 1 New York Times bestseller Stillness Is the Key, appear in more than 40 languages and have sold more than 4 million copies. Together, they’ve spent over 300 weeks on the bestseller lists. He lives outside Austin with his wife and two boys…and a small herd of cows and donkeys and goats. His bookstore, The Painted Porch, sits on historic Main St in Bastrop, Texas. Follow Ryan on Twitter @ryanholiday and visit his website www.ryanholiday.net
Publisher : Profile Books; Main edition (27 Sept. 2022)
Language : English
Hardcover : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 1788166337
ISBN-13 : 978-1788166331
Dimensions : 3.4 x 14 x 18 cm
Customers say
Customers find the writing quality to be beautiful, clear, and consistent. They also describe the content as enlightening and teaching some of the most important lessons of stoic principles. Readers mention the book makes them undertake new challenges.
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