Il y a vraiment de quoi s'inspirer de la vie de tous les Stoïciens de l'Antiquité et Ryan Holiday nous propose ici de le faire avec simplicité, sans rentrer dans les détails de la pensée stoïcienne qui sont dispersés tout au long du livre.
Le parti pris de l'auteur est de prendre chaque personnage l'un après l'autre pour finir avec Marc-Aurèle.
Tout le livre n'est pas égal et on peut se demander parfois la pertinence de nous parler de certains personnages mais l'ensemble reste agréable à lire et permet de comprendre l'évolution de cette pensée. Par contre il ne faut pas en attendre de connaître tous les tenants et aboutissants de ce courant philosophique, ce n'est pas le but.
Je recommande sans hésiter en tout cas, c'est une bonne entrée dans le sujet.
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
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Ryan and Stephen have done a great job with their research to highlight the lives of these stoics. Whilst some of them are well known, there were many I had not come across and they range from being merchants, generals, writers, athletes, parents, professors, daughters and diplomats.
Each chapter starts with the Name, pronunciation, image and birth and death dates, starting with Zeno born in 334 BC and finishing off with Marcus Aurelius who was born in 121 AD. The chapters bring the essence of the life of each stoic. Ryan and Stephen mention in the Introduction that the aim hasn't been to have strict scholarly accuracy but actually bring out the moral lessons from the lives of each of the stoics. There is also a useful timeline at the end of the book to show the 500 years of Stoicism.
The book through each of the biographies, helps bring to life how the Stoic virtues of Courage. Justice. Temperance. Wisdom were lived by them. Interestingly it showed that many of the stoics did fall short of these values, they were tempted by wealth, made compromises, groped for fame, lost their temper, lied, were silent when they shouldn't have been and many other things. However, they teach through their choices why the virtues were important. You get to learn from their successes and failures. More importantly, it enables the reader to help apply philosophy to their own lives.
Given how 2020 has been for almost everyone, this is a great book to be able to understand the art of living no matter the circumstances and navigate a world with it's ups and downs. It is a great book for reflection and building your own understanding of how you want to live your life and the values you want to live by. I highly recommend the book.
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