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The Daily Stoic
- 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a beautiful daily devotional of Stoic meditations.
Why have history's greatest minds - from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson along with today's top performers, from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities - embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise.
The Daily Stoic offers a daily devotional of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from Emperor Marcus Aurelius, playwright Seneca, and slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus as well as lesser-known luminaries like Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Every day of the year, you'll find one of their pithy, powerful quotations as well as historical anecdotes, provocative commentary, and a helpful glossary of Greek terms. By following these teachings over the course of a year (and, indeed, for years to come), you'll find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need to live well.
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- RegularJoe
- 10-10-19
Suffers from left-wing politics of the author
This could have been a great book, instead it is just an okay book. The authors have injected their own politics to their interpretations of the stoic passages they cite in the book. This is unfortunate as some of their interpretations leave much to be desired.
For example, at one point they cite Alinsky’s nasty and vicious “Rules for Radicals” as if anyone should use that as an example of righteous thinking. It’s a real shame that the authors have done this because it detracts heavily from the book for anyone who doesn’t share their politics.
My recommendation is to look for other books about the stoics. There are plenty of them, and you are bound to find one that doesn’t try to force the politics of its authors on you.
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- Andreas
- 12-27-16
Not well made as audio
What disappointed you about The Daily Stoic?
You're supposed to listen to one meditation every day, but there is no audible separation between the 366 meditations so you don't know when to stop.... It turned out being a frustration experience instead of meditation.
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Remake it asap, make a beep or somehow audibly announce when a chapter ends.
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- Lika
- 11-24-17
Really useful but maybe the paperback is better
This was supposed to be read one chapter per day, but who does that, right? Useful quotes and all very applicable in life. Definitely worth buying, but since this is the type of book you would always come back to whenever you need an enlightenment, I think probably better to own the paperback version (not that the audiobook is not good, it's just for practicality, easier to go to the chapter you want if it's a physical book).
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- Greg Grant
- 08-04-18
The book is worth everything, the reader is not.
I’d recommend the book for sure but I don’t think you can listen to it very well. He reader does his best at changing his tone to indicate different voices but it gets to be annoying. Best way to get the essence and points are to just read them directly.
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- Jason Masciarelli
- 10-29-16
Makes Stoicism Accessible
Would you consider the audio edition of The Daily Stoic to be better than the print version?
The audio version is a great compliment to the printed version. Well narrated with multiple voices in a tasteful effort to sound like your listening to the scholars themselves.
What other book might you compare The Daily Stoic to and why?
The Daily Stoic is an instant timeless classic
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Each meditation is structured in a powerful way providing a concept, stoic quote, then description of how to apply in daily life.
Any additional comments?
The Daily Stoic is fantastic foundational book as both an introduction to stoicism and valuable essence of the best stoic concepts which is great for someone who reads the original stoic works regularly.
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- EmmaK
- 01-14-18
Narration is off-putting
I really like the fact that all of these pearls of wisdom are gathered into one place, but I think I’d like the print version better. The narrator sounds at best like a newscaster, at worst like he’s barking orders. I’m less receptive to the ideas because of the narrator.
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- jDeppen
- 01-04-19
One chapter for each day
It seems the chapter issue is fixed. This is a nice companion to the physical book. With this and the Kindle version, I can go to a specific day then play that day's audio right from the iOS Kindle app.
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- Simin
- 07-04-17
Great Reference Book For Everyday Struggles
An excellent book that uses fantastic examples from history to make us both see what it takes to achieve anything great and to be at peace with ourselves.
Ryan Holliday's work will bring you back to earth so that you can see what others have seen and what the rest has missed. When we are not happy, it's not about the world around us but the world inside that is constantly at war. Here is a tool to change your perspective.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-04-17
good as daily companion
What is most valuable is the organization of the book into an almost annual course of stoicism. One can literally do one meditaion per day and make substantial progress. Even the authors comments which put each mediation into the frame of todays world are very helpfull. The only weekness is the somewhat pompous tone of the narration which seems to attempt to indduce the emperial atmosfere of roman senate and the result is a bit funny and unecessarily unatural for today. I don't really get it why these audios always try this tone when it comes to stoicism as if someone really new how the emperors sounded 2 000 years ago.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-21-20
greatbook
helped through the quarantine a lot. highly recommend the book. heard it whenever I need some words to get me through the day
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- shoesshoesshoes
- 11-23-16
Great content, TERRIBLE audio delivery
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I'm a big fan of stoic philosophy and enjoyed the daily meditation concept. However, this is one to read; the audio fails miserably. The narrator sounds like a 1950s infomercial, and it's awfully distracting. I stopped listening a few chapters in.
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- Matt
- 09-08-17
Unlistenable
I'm afraid I couldn't actually listen to this audio book. The American narrator sounds as if he's promoting a movie in every sentence. It's such a shame. I'll read the book instead. It would be so much better to offer audio books with different narrator options.
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- Jonny140
- 12-10-19
Awful awful narration
Content is good but narrator made it impossible to listen to. Tried to be stoic about persevering with it. However the narrators 1960s pithe advert voice drove me to complete distraction. I couldn’t finish it so waste of a credit.
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- Adrian Shaw
- 01-05-17
Great book - exceptional research
A book for today, and tomorrow. I love it. My only complaint is the narrator, in that he sounds dated, from a bygone era ... the sort of narrator from a black and white version of Spartacus. Why???? This is a book for 2016, for 2020, for 2030 ... kind of annoying, but not a show stopper
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- thedevilishFiend
- 12-07-17
A way to live.
A brilliant guide for life.
Basically how to live a good life as a human being.
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- Ross
- 12-16-16
Great for beginners
Would you consider the audio edition of The Daily Stoic to be better than the print version?
Although I thoroughly enjoyed the audio, IMO print would be better. I prefer to listen to it a little at a time find myself repeating each chapter over a few times to digest, this would be easier with the print version. I will probably purchase the print version soon.
Any additional comments?
I would recommend to everyone(beginners) interested in stoic philosophy though probably print version.
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- Mr. Owen Ashby
- 02-11-17
Genuinely brilliant.
Would you listen to The Daily Stoic again? Why?
I will listen to this daily. It's genuinely useful, practical and impactful wisdom. Brilliantly well researched and easy to use, engage with and understand. The quotes are delivered in a somewhat hammy acting style, which (before becoming a stoic! ) would probably have annoyed me intensely. In the end they are just part of the rich content, delivery and experience- and quite funny. It's a really great book. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a sense of clarity in their lives.
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- Anon
- 11-19-16
Simply brilliant
fantastic, inspirational and concise, this book is the perfect way of absorbing and putting into practice the teachings of some of the greatest philosophers to have lived. A great stand alone book but also really useful as a companion to Seneca's Letters from A Stoic and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations -it neatly distills the most inspirational quotes from stoic literature and makes it to understandabke to all.
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- Jason O'Gara
- 05-23-22
Great book
Great book everyone should listen to it. The narrator although slightly annoying the information is the most important
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- Jamiiie21
- 05-22-22
A great reminder
Through life we get busy and forget what it is to actually live, this book bring back prospective.
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- Avi Naidu
- 01-21-20
Great intro to the Stoic philosphy
The is a great book.
Being “Stoic” is an expression that I really misunderstood. In my mind it had been convoluted to mean “unemotional or tough minded”.
Stocism is as far from that as possible. It is a school of thought that went from Greece to Athens in the olden days. Think of Socrates and Marcus Aurelius.
What Ryan Holiday does is really well is break down what Stocism means in reality and there are some great insights for modern life in that book.
i) Situations are not generally in our control The only thing fully in our control is what think about the situation.
ii) It is okay to get angry but remember your first emotional angry response shouldn’t be how you deal with the situation. Instead it’s your follow on actions that matter.
iii) SAINT IN A CAVE – it’s a mistake to assume a Stoic is a Saint in a Cave and should be a deeply contemplative superhuman. In-fact the Stoic is not the saint in the temple but often the merchant in the market
iv) This of life as an elegant banquet.
o Wait for your turn
o Don’t put everything on your plate at once
o Savor what’s in front of you knowing there is an unlimited amount left once you are done with that.
v) Memento Mori - which translated from Latin means “Remember that you will die.” We can use this reminder as Aurelius did, to inspire us to live our best life, to let go of trivial worries, to live a life of virtue, to understand and empathize, and to love our fate.
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- Paul
- 03-24-17
great book!
Plenty of wise words, followed by explanations and analogies. Great for audio and would be great to have on your bedside table also.
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- Steven Frew
- 04-29-17
brilliant!
this book is Brant and it's a book that you can read over and over again.
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- Eugenio
- 05-14-17
So grateful for this book
This is one of the books you need to have on your bed table. Fantastic compendium of all the great stoics.
Great work Ryan and Steven!
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- lachy
- 11-10-17
hardly works as an audio book
hardly works as an audio book, the nature of the writing just doesn't seem to work out. Unless you only listen to one chapter at a time. But that's probably not why you're using an audio book...
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- Travis
- 06-25-18
Introduction to philosophy
Good intro into philosophy but hard to digest each quote when listening in large sections. Could be better as 'tracks' on itunes/Google play/Spotify.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-10-22
Gave me a different better perspective to life
One of the best books I've read. It gave me a different perspective to life. Definitely going to read this again
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- Anonymous User
- 04-14-20
Valuable but very dry
I think this book is better suited to owning in hard copy. It's more of a practical guide for life, which isn't particularly suited to an audiobook. But it does have some valuable lessons.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-15-22
Inspirational!
Valuable info how to stay sane in the crazy world we live in
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- Julian Suggate
- 04-10-22
Pompous, constant ELI5 and boring
1) pompous narrator
2) talking down, constant ELI5
1) Utterly pompous sounding narrator. I assume this is some kind of attempt to make it sound "Roman" or "classical", but it just comes across as clichéd and naive.
2) Furthermore I don't know if it's stoicism per se or the commentary of the author, but the material is pretty basic. Our lack of control over events external to us but (apparent) freedom to choose our response to those events came up about half an hour in. They made a big deal of breaking down that old saw for us in excruciating detail. That's when I rage quit.