Stoics. Selected Works

The collection includes selected fragments from the works of three of the most famous Stoic philosophers: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Lucius Annaeus Seneca. These are writings in which ancient wisdom takes the form of practical guidance for life. In the «Moral Letters to Lucilius» and the treatise «On the Happy Life», Seneca reflects on true and false values, on wisdom and the fear of death. The treatises of Epictetus «What is Good» and «Rules» suggest that suffering arises not from events, but from our opinions about them, and we are only powerful over our own judgments. Meanwhile, the diary entries of Marcus Aurelius «Meditations» remind us that life is too short to spend it on anger and empty worries. The question of how to draw the line between what is within our power and what is not will always be relevant. This edition will be of interest to anyone seeking lively answers to eternal questions and wanting to touch on the roots of European philosophy.