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The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise. The result is a set of philosophy lessons for everyone-the most valuable wisdom of ages past made available for our times, and for all time.

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As befits a good Stoic, Farnsworth's expository prose exhibits both clarity and an unflappable calm...Throughout The Practicing Stoic, Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. As a result, this isn't just a book to read-it's a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity. -- Washington Post

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Ward Farnsworth is dean and John Jeffers Research Chair at the University of Texas School of Law. He has served as a law clerk to Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court and to Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and worked as a legal adviser to the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in the Hague. He received his JD with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School, and his BA from Wesleyan University. Farnsworth is the author of books on law, philosophy, rhetoric, and chess. He also has published scholarly articles on the economic analysis of law, constitutional law, statutory interpretation, jurisprudence, and cognitive psychology. Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.

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