How to be a stoic: using ancient philosophy to live a modern life

The unstraightforward path --

A road map for the journey --

Part I. The discipline of desire: what it is proper to want or not to want --

Some things are in our power, others are not --

Living according to nature --

Playing ball with Socrates --

God or atoms? --

Part II. The discipline of action: how to behave in the world --

It's all about character (and virtue) --

A very crucial world --

The role of role models --

Disability and mental illness --

Part III. The discipline of assent: how to react to situations --

On death and suicide --

How to deal with anger, anxiety, and loneliness --

Love and friendship --

Practical spiritual exercises --

Appendix: The Hellenistic schools of practical philosophy.