STOICISM: The Simplistic Timeless Stoic Art of Better Living with Ancient Wisdom [1 ed.]
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
PREFACE
PART I: ANCIENT WISDOM
Chapter 1 What is Stoicism?
Zeno
Epictetus
Seneca
Marcus Aurelius
Chapter 2 Is Stoicism for You
It is Therapeutic
It Develops the Moral Man
It Creates Happier Persons
It Lumps all Situations into one
It Encourages Passivity
It Positions the Stoic as almost Non-human
It is an Austere Ethic
Rationality
Famous Stoicism Practitioners
Present Stoicism Practitioners
Chapter 3 The Three Disciplines
1. The Discipline of Desire
2. The Discipline of Action
3. The Discipline of Assent (Stoic Mindfulness)
Chapter 4 Understand and Embracing Stoicism Philosophy
Live in Agreement with Nature
Achieving Virtue is the Highest Good
Be able to Distinguish between Virtues and Vices
Develop Immunity against Misfortune
Be Accepting of Everything that Happens
Be Mindful of your Action
View of the Origin of Suffering
Detachment from Desires
Their Practicality
Belief in the After Life
View of Suffering
Know what you can Control
PART II STOIC ART OF BETTER LIVING
Chapter 5 How To Be A Stoic
Chapter 6 Your Emotional Roller Coaster
Techniques to Deal with Anger
1. Do a Reflection.
2. Learn to Humor yourself.
3. Exercise Distancing
Techniques to Deal with Fear: Weakness
4. Anticipate the Evil
5. Detach from things that cause Fear
6. Practice Mindfulness To Deal with Fear
Techniques to Deal with Sadness
7. Change your Belief about the Situation
8. Ignore what you can’t Control
9. Do Morning and Evening Rituals
Techniques to Deal with Joy
10. Practice Mindfulness for Joy
11. Serve Others
Techniques to Deal with Trust
12. Keep your word
13. Learn to trust others
14. Treat others well
Techniques to Deal with Anticipation
15. Visualize the Misfortune.
16. Develop Indifference
17. Change the View
Techniques to Deal with Disgust
18. Determine what is affecting you
19. Do Daily Affirmations
20. Be Resilient
Techniques to Deal with Surprise
21. Practice Negative Visualization.
22. Practice Self-imposed Discomforts.
23. Practice Self-Control.
Chapter 7 Stoicism Practices
Control your Thinking
Do not Count Failure as the end.
Be Honest with yourself.
Put away the Distractions.
Chapter 8 Make Your Life Better with These Stoicism Rules
Chapter 9 Overcoming Adversity the Stoic Way
Use Negative Visualization
Be Calm
Practice Self-Denial
Don’t be so Hard on Yourself
Chapter 10 Be a Better Parent with Stoicism
CONCLUSION
NOTES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
