Details Paperback: 200 pages ISBN-10: 1608686930 ISBN-13: 978-1608686933 Preview Description In Being Better, Kai Whiting and Leonidas Konstantakos apply Stoic principles to contemporary issues such as social justice, climate breakdown, and the excesses of global capitalism. They show that Stoicism is not an ivory-tower philosophy or a collection of Silicon…
Details Paperback: 262 pages ISBN-10: 036721914X ISBN-13: 978-0367219147 Preview Description The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) demonstrates how techniques and concepts from Socratic philosophy, especially Stoicism, can be integrated into the practise of CBT and other forms of psychotherapy. What can we learn about psychological therapy from ancient philosophers? Psychotherapy…
Details Paperback: 160 pages ISBN-10: 0307951901 ISBN-13: 978-0307951908 Preview https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/card?asin=B005GFBNSW&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_R82FA11ANMXZ0T9TX5F4&tag=aircasta-21 Description The Way to Love contains some of the most beloved stories from Anthony de Mello. Here, more than ever before in his bestselling writing, he grapples with the ultimate question of love. In thirty-one meditations, he implores his…
Details Paperback: 192 pages ISBN-10: 0006275192 ISBN-13: 978-0006275190 Description De Mello uses humour, compassion and insight to help his readers into a real understanding of the importance of "awareness" in understanding ourselves and the world around us. Awareness is a comprehensive spiritual guide filled with wisdom as it tackles life's…
Details Paperback: 576 pages ISBN-10: 0552172359 ISBN-13: 978-0552172356 Preview Description In Happy, Derren Brown explores changing concepts of happiness - from the surprisingly modern wisdom of the Stoics and Epicureans in classical times right up until today, when the self-help industry has attempted to claim happiness as its own.…
Details Paperback: 352 pages ISBN-10: 1788166019 ISBN-13: 978-1788166010 Preview Description Short biographies of all the famous, and lesser-known, Stoics, to show what it means to live Stoically, and reveal the lessons to be learned from their struggles and successes. The result is a useful collection of insights and examples for…
Details Paperback: 288 pages ISBN-10: 184604507X ISBN-13: 978-1846045073 Preview Description Massimo Pigliucci explores Stoic philosophy and how its wisdom can be applied to our everyday lives in the quest for meaning. He shows how Stoicism teaches us the importance of a person's character, integrity and compassion. Highlights I derive satisfaction…
Details Paperback: 160 pages ISBN-10: 1844132390 ISBN-13: 978-1844132393 Preview Description Viktor Frankl's hugely influential book chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion…
Details Paperback: 258 pages ISBN-10: 019531591X ISBN-13: 978-0195315912 Preview Description An investigation of what makes Stoicism so compelling not only as a guiding principle for the military, but as a philosophy for anyone facing the hardships of life. Highlights It is tempting to read Epictetus as urging complacency in his…
Details Hardcover: 256 pages ISBN-10: 1567926118 ISBN-13: 978-1567926118 Preview Description A valuable modern resource that organizes practical Stoic wisdom thematically into chapters including Emotion, Adversity, Virtue, and What Others Think. Highlights The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about…