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Anyone have a philosophy book that's just someone talking about life and how to be a good person? Preferably by someone kind and wise. Enjoyed pic related and looking for more. Tried starting with Senca and currently liking it. What should I read afterwards?

>> No.11841473

the pillow book

>> No.11841514
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>> No.11841542

>>11841473
not really philosophy. It's a smug rich cunt laughing at other smug cunts for being smug and rich.

>> No.11841552

>>11841469
Discourses - Epictetus

>> No.11841573

montaigne

>> No.11841591

>>11841573
Based

>> No.11841730

>>11841469
Nicomenican Ethics by Aristotle

>> No.11842068

>>11841573
Yeah this. 'On Friendship' and 'To Philosophise is to Learn to Die' are good ones.

>> No.11842187

>>11841514
I'm reading this. First chapter was ok, second chapter has been boring so far

>> No.11842755

>>11841730
he's not necessarily kind (it's often intended to correct the aristocracy, and is masked in formality) but it's otherwise what you're looking for
also it's a precursor to what you're reading

>> No.11842787

Cicero and Seneca's writings (and Stoicism in a broader sense) are basically this.

>> No.11842916

New Testament

>> No.11842931

>>11841469
start with Eckhart Tolle's The New Earth

>> No.11843081

>>11841469
Been on the same path
Read Epictetus.
Abd if you want a deeper understanding of the philosophy, read Pierre Hadot books on Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus. I fucking love him.