A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

There is, in other words, little to lose by giving Stoicism a try as one’s philosophy of life, and there is potentially much to gain.

劝试收束代替情节，plot 78。

Seneca, as we’ve seen, had an active life as a philosopher, playwright, investor, and political advisor.

古人范例人设，cast 72。

Instead of thinking about how our situation could be worse, we refuse to think about how it could be better.

技法对位推进，pace 80。

They were those individuals who not only asked questions—such as Where did the world come from? … but more important, went on to ask follow-up questions.

讲解清楚，prose 84。

It is why Marcus reminds us that all we own is the present moment and why he advises us to live in “this fleeting instant.”

古今技法对接，world 81。

THERE HAVE PROBABLY always been philosophers, in some sense of the word.

起源钩入门，hook 83。

the technique of keeping a stiff upper lip seems to have served them admirably.

反Grief-industry一刺，赛道仍拥挤，innov 79。

it is possible, through the practice of Stoicism, to gain a whole new life.

Marcus 许诺收束，ending 85。