Where to start with stoicism?

[Anonymous No.13076033]

What are the essential works, and best translations?

[Anonymous No.13076039]

Senecas Letters is the best work to begin with undoubtedly

[Anonymous No.13076051]

if you haven't read any philosophy before, read modern texts on the stoics first to gain a sense of context before you get lost in the ancient writing

[Anonymous No.13076172]

>>13076033
>he needs someone to tell him to control his emotions
Pathetic.

[Anonymous No.13076177]

>>13076033
Start with you responsibilities, anon.

[Anonymous No.13076180]

Ignore other comments, read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.

[Anonymous No.13076191]

>>13076172
Because your ass came out of the womb a well-read Neo.

[Anonymous No.13076218]

>>13076191
You don’t have to be well-read. If you don’t intuitively know that getting angry over something out do your control, then you’re hardly different from a chimp. Stoicism is for brainlets, period. I’m fine with that, because if that’s what it takes to make people act virtuously, then fine, read it, but don’t call yourself a capital “S” Stoic as if that means anything.

[Anonymous No.13076260]

>>13076218
Looking into a philosophy to have a better understanding of the world and different viewpoints, does not mean that I desire to make it my own. I might read Christian literature at the same time as Bertrand Russel, but that doesn't mean I will call myself a Atheistic Christian. Take your assuming ass back to the stack thread you crept out of, and hinder my curiosity no further.

[Anonymous No.13076297]

>>13076218
Stoicism isn't just about controlling your emotions.

[Anonymous No.13076327]

>>13076260
plebbit response

[Anonymous No.13076358]

>>13076327
Ironic because that is a stoic insult. Get thee to a nunnery!

[Anonymous No.13076407]

>>13076033
You wouldn't go wrong with Seneca's Letters. They're instructive and crafted around teaching practical philosophical principles to the novice.

[Anonymous No.13076887]

The well-advised start with Seneca.

[Anonymous No.13077782]

>>13076218
for real, what happened to you to make you so angry about a person in this current age wanting to read about a pretty comfy and austere tradition?

[Anonymous No.13077915]

How convenient of a thread. I have a question about meditations by marcus aurelius. After some reading, it seems that the Hays translation is appropriate for myself. However, I have noticed there are at least two 'meditations' by this translator.

1 Meditations ISBN: 9780679642602
2 Mod Lib Meditations ISBN: 9780812968255

Anybody know what the main differences are? I am unaware of what "mod lib" means, even after some quick searching about.

[Anonymous No.13078167]

>>13077915
>mod lib
It's short for Modern Library which is the publisher. The covers are different, but I think the content is pretty much the same.