Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus Seneca Marcus Aurelius Montaigne and others. This isnt just a book to readits a book to return to a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity.The Washington PostSee more clearly live more wisely and bear the burdens of this life with greater easehere are the greatest insights of the Stoics in their own words. Presented in twelve lessons Ward Farnsworth systematically presents the heart of Stoic philosophy accompanied by commentary that is clear and concise.A foundational idea to Stoicism is that we appear to go through life reacting directly to events. That appearance is an illusion. We react to our judgments and opinionsto our thoughts about things not to things themselves. Stoics seek to become conscious of those judgments to find the irrationality in them and to choose them more carefully.In chapters including Emotion Adversity Virtue and What Others Think here is the most valuable wisdom about living a good life from ages pastnow made available for our time.