Explore top Stoic books to guide personal growth. Featuring classics like Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and modern takes by Ryan Holiday, each book offers unique wisdom for daily life.
Appreciate this list—there’s something powerful about bridging the ancient with the now.
If anyone’s looking to not only read Stoicism but walk it - in career, command, recovery, or relationships - I write a weekly series called: Lonely Road | Modern Stoic.
It’s less academic, more lived.
Rooted in Marcus, Epictetus, and Seneca—but focused on applying their insights to the quiet challenges we face every day: doing right when it costs, showing restraint when it matters, and leading without applause.
Latest reflection:
“The Virtue of Justice — The Courage to Treat Others Right”
A fair point, and I’d agree. Man’s Search for Meaning may not be Stoic in label, but it’s Stoic in spirit.
Frankl’s insistence that meaning lives in how we respond, especially when we lose control over everything else…echoes Epictetus word for word.
That tension between suffering and choice is a core theme in my writing at Lonely Road | Modern Stoic. I explore how ancient Stoic ideas show up in modern struggles: leadership under pressure, grief without retreat, and virtue without applause.
If that resonates, I’d be honored to share the road:
Appreciate this list—there’s something powerful about bridging the ancient with the now.
If anyone’s looking to not only read Stoicism but walk it - in career, command, recovery, or relationships - I write a weekly series called: Lonely Road | Modern Stoic.
It’s less academic, more lived.
Rooted in Marcus, Epictetus, and Seneca—but focused on applying their insights to the quiet challenges we face every day: doing right when it costs, showing restraint when it matters, and leading without applause.
Latest reflection:
“The Virtue of Justice — The Courage to Treat Others Right”
https://substack.com/@lonelyroadmodernstoic?r=5pm9pv&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
One life is enough—if you live it on purpose.
How could Man's Search for Meaning not be included?
A fair point, and I’d agree. Man’s Search for Meaning may not be Stoic in label, but it’s Stoic in spirit.
Frankl’s insistence that meaning lives in how we respond, especially when we lose control over everything else…echoes Epictetus word for word.
That tension between suffering and choice is a core theme in my writing at Lonely Road | Modern Stoic. I explore how ancient Stoic ideas show up in modern struggles: leadership under pressure, grief without retreat, and virtue without applause.
If that resonates, I’d be honored to share the road:
https://substack.com/@lonelyroadmodernstoic?r=5pm9pv&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor Frankl
That’s Stoicism in action.