Letters from a Stoic by Seneca

How to Live a Happy Life, One Stoic Moment at a Time It's not how much you make, it's how you live.

Letters from a Stoic is a first-person look into how an experienced Stoic applies philosophy to ordinary life and the world around him. From it you not only learn the core tenets of Stoicism, but get to witness the intellectual practice of someone who's who's wholly devoted to cultivating his mind, mastering philosophy, and achieving long-lasting happiness. The Stoics are not out to banish the emotions; they are out to reduce, to the extent possible, negative emotions, such as feelings of anger or grief that will disrupt our tranquillity. They value positive emotions, with feelings of joy being at the top of their list.
"Your greatest difficulty is with yourself; you are your own stumbling-block." In his Letters we discover how to remove that stumbling block with the wisdom of this remarkable man.

About the author:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca) (ca. 4 BC - 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero.

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