Alone with Oneself

At its core are twelve parts with short entries, aphoristic thoughts, and moral observations. There is no strict plot here: before the reader is precisely a collection of personal notes, in which one theme returns from different angles. The author reflects on the transience of existence, the inevitability of death, the relativity of pleasures and fame, as well as how to maintain inner balance in the face of external upheavals and heavy state burdens. This is a book on philosophy, primarily on stoicism. The focus is on virtue, justice, duty, tolerance towards people, and the ability to separate what depends on a person from what is beyond their control. The author constantly returns to the question of inner choice: how not to succumb to anger, envy, vanity, and irritation when circumstances become difficult.