That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of a Roman Stoic

Author:   Musonius Rufus ,  Cora E. Lutz ,  Gretchen Reydams-Schils
Publisher:   Yale University Press
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Pages:   160
Publication Date:   11 January 2022
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Author:   Musonius Rufus ,  Cora E. Lutz ,  Gretchen Reydams-Schils
Publisher:   Yale University Press
Imprint:   Yale University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.10cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 17.80cm
Weight:   0.142kg
ISBN:  

9780300261547


ISBN 10:   0300261543
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   11 January 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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[Musonius Rufus] deserves to be more widely read, especially by people looking to Stoicism for guidance today. -John Sellars, author of The Pocket Stoic The work of Musonius Rufus offers a guide to living meaningfully through the practical application of philosophy. Gretchen Reydams-Schils provides a lucid and incisive introduction to Cora Lutz's classic translation of this fascinating Stoic thinker. -Liz Gloyn, Royal Holloway, University of London Given the explosion of interest in Stoicism from many quarters, it is important to make a fuller selection of sources more widely available. -Kurt Lampe, University of Bristol Not as well known as his most famous pupil, Epictetus, Musonius is a practical philosopher who offers helpful advice on a range of everyday concerns. He deserves to be more widely read, especially by people looking to Stoicism for guidance today. -John Sellars, author of Lessons in Stoicism


"""[Musonius Rufus] deserves to be more widely read, especially by people looking to Stoicism for guidance today.""—John Sellars, author of The Pocket Stoic ""The work of Musonius Rufus offers a guide to living meaningfully through the practical application of philosophy. Gretchen Reydams-Schils provides a lucid and incisive introduction to Cora Lutz's classic translation of this fascinating Stoic thinker.""—Liz Gloyn, Royal Holloway, University of London “Given the explosion of interest in Stoicism from many quarters, it is important to make a fuller selection of sources more widely available.”—Kurt Lampe, University of Bristol “Not as well known as his most famous pupil, Epictetus, Musonius is a practical philosopher who offers helpful advice on a range of everyday concerns. He deserves to be more widely read, especially by people looking to Stoicism for guidance today.""—John Sellars, author of Lessons in Stoicism"


[Musonius Rufus] deserves to be more widely read, especially by people looking to Stoicism for guidance today. -John Sellars, author of The Pocket Stoic The work of Musonius Rufus offers a guide to living meaningfully through the practical application of philosophy. Gretchen Reydams-Schils provides a lucid and incisive introduction to Cora Lutz's classic translation of this fascinating Stoic thinker. -Liz Gloyn, Royal Holloway, University of London Given the explosion of interest in Stoicism from many quarters, it is important to make a fuller selection of sources more widely available. -Kurt Lampe, University of Bristol Not as well known as his most famous pupil, Epictetus, Musonius is a practical philosopher who offers helpful advice on a range of everyday concerns. He deserves to be more widely read, especially by people looking to Stoicism for guidance today. -John Sellars, author of Lessons in Stoicism


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Musonius Rufus was a Roman Stoic philosopher from the first century C.E. Cora E. Lutz was a translator whose 1947 translations of Musonius are considered by many to be the best versions available in English. Gretchen Reydams-Schils is professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame and holds concurrent appointments in Classics, Philosophy, and Theology.

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