Probably because I read this in tandem with Van Norden's Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy and having immersed myself in the practice of Buddhism (both Theravada and Zen), I was able to see SO MANY similarities among three wildly different ancients philosophies. So most of the book consists of quotes from Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and others (Cicero, Adam Smith, Montaigne, Johnson, and other "descendants" of the philosophy), with succinct and superbly helpful comments by the author to provide context and explain the principles involved. (There really is something about being able to browse books physically at a bookstore-it allows for more immediate connection/recognition, for fortuitous discoveries.) Unlike other books on Stoicism, this basically collects and organizes the original sources (translated, of course) by theme, in a roughly progressive manner to aid learning. I was browsing through the labyrinthine bookshelves at Powell's in Portland this past April and noticed this.
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