To counter the daily anxieties, stress, and emotional swings caused by the barrage of stimuli that plagues modern life, many people have been finding unexpected solace in a philosophy from a very different and distant time: Stoicism. Today, more than 100,000 people are members of online communities for modern Stoics, and there are annual conferences, meet-ups, and workshops for those aspiring to walk the Stoic path. But what is Stoicism, and what makes it resonate so powerfully today?
As John Sellars shows in The Pocket Stoic, the popular image of the isolated and unfeeling Stoic hardly does justice to the rich vein of thought that we find in the work of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, the three great Roman Stoics. Their works are recognized classics, and for good reason—they speak to some of the perennial issues that face anyone trying to navigate their way through life. These writings, fundamentally, are about how to live—how to understand your place in the world, how to cope when things don’t go well, how to manage your emotions, how to behave toward others, and finally, how to live a good life. To be a Stoic is to recognize that much of the suffering in your life is due to the way you think about things, and that you have the ability to train your mind to look at the world in a new way—to recognize what you can and cannot control and to turn adversity into opportunity.
Concise and accessible, The Pocket Stoic provides a welcome introduction to the lives and thought of the key Stoics. It is also a perfect guide to help you start incorporating the practice of Stoicism into your everyday approach to life.

如何控制自身的欲望？如何应对职场关系？
普通人是否需要掌握前沿科技？
金融危机时如何处理财富？
抑郁、愤怒时应该怎么做？
孤独是不是坏事？
如何战胜残疾与精神疾病？
如何看淡生死，做个坚韧不拔的人？
作者结合西方哲学、遗传学和演化生物学知识，鼓励我们用科学理解世界，用哲学指引生活， 分清哪些事必须坚持，哪些事必须放弃，保持开放的心态。跟随古罗马智者爱比克泰德学习斯多葛处世之道，能解答21世纪生活中的诸多问题。
【媒体评论】
可读性非常强，用好懂的文字、哲人对话和许多历史轶事给人以启迪。
——《华盛顿独立书评》
马西莫·匹格里奇为所有立志成为新世代马可·奥勒留的人写了一本很棒的启蒙书。
——认知心理学家 唐纳德·罗伯特森
本书证明了以下三点：一，斯多葛派思想在今天依然适用；二，斯多葛派的智慧能用生动的文字来表达；三，作者天赋异禀，将哲学转化成抚慰人心、提升自我的文字。
——《谷歌时代的柏拉图》作者 丽贝卡·戈尔茨坦
【编辑推荐】
★ 科学用来理解世界，哲学用来指引生活，写给21世纪的《沉思录》。 纽约城市大学哲学教授/生物学家，结合遗传学、演化生物学知识，与罗马智者展开一场跨时空对话，汲取斯多葛 (Stoic)处世哲学，用科学/哲学解答当下生活难题。
★ 话题多元，紧贴现实，既是生活指导手册，又是哲学箴言录 以斯多葛派智者语录开篇，从世界观、人生价值、爱情、家庭、职场，聊到理财、 旅游安全、减肥、残疾、孤独与抑郁、临终关怀，哲学渗透生活的方方面面。
★ 实用又有启发性，带你亲身体验一种古罗马哲学生活 。作者结合亲身经历，探讨在信息时代如何随时体验古罗马哲学生活。书后包含【实用主义12守则】，马上动手，自我提升。
★ 哲学版的《自控力》，让我们掌控生活，做自己的主人。斯多葛派曾培养出“哲学皇帝”马可·奥勒留、神学家圣奥古斯丁、思想家蒙田、哲学家叔本华，并影响了克林顿和奥巴马两位美国总统。它鼓励我们尽可能掌控自己的人生：听天由命，更要尽力生活。

本书内容包括：力所能及与力所不及、如何在任何情况下都保持适当的本质、论前进与进步、对于未受教育的人而言，天赋是危险的等。

How do we find calm in times of stress and uncertainty? How do we cope with sudden losses or find meaning in a world that can easily rob us of what we most value? Drawing on the wisdom of Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and others, Nancy Sherman's Stoic Wisdom presents a compelling, modern Stoicism that teaches grit, resilience, and the importance of close relationships in addressing life's biggest and smallest challenges.
A renowned expert in ancient and modern ethics, Sherman relates how Stoic methods of examining beliefs and perceptions can help us correct distortions in what we believe, see, and feel. Her study reveals a profound insight about the Stoics: They never believed, as Stoic popularizers often hold, that rugged self-reliance or indifference to the world around us is at the heart of living well. We are at home in the world; they insist that we are connected to each other in cooperative efforts. We build resilience and goodness through our deepest relationships.
Bringing ancient ideas to bear on 21st-century concerns--from workers facing stress and burnout to first responders in a pandemic, from soldiers on the battlefield to citizens fighting for racial justice--Sherman shows how Stoicism can help us fulfill the promise of our shared humanity.
In nine lessons that combine ancient pithy quotes and daily exercises with contemporary ethics and psychology, Stoic Wisdom is a field manual for the art of living well.