Derrick Cage từ Nevskoye, Kaliningradskaya oblast', Russia

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2018-07-26 15:31

Thiền Định Thiết Thực Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Brahma Kumaris

When I read Descartes' Discourse on Method, the translator said that he was influenced by the Stoics, citing both Epictetus and Seneca in endnotes. If you'd asked me what a Stoic was before reading this, I probably would have said, "stiff upper lip", or something of the sort, but that comes from our modern usage of the term, Stoic. I think I got a good feeling for Stoicism from this book, which is what I wanted, not to become an expert. I liked Dobbin's translation and notes, which made it very readable, and helped in understanding what Epictetus was saying. I usually prefer translations of ancient works which use terms appropriate for that time, but Dobbin uses contemporary terms and I found it helpful for my purposes. This book contains Epictetus' Enchiridion, his Discourses, and Fragments. Dobbin suggested reading the Enchiridion first, which I did, and it was more like aphorisms -- a Cliff Notes version of his ideas, IMO. The Discourses were far more informative, and while there seemed to be the same point being made over and over again after a while, at least the point was made within many different contexts. While Stoicism isn't my cup of tea, having too much fatalism and determinism in it, there were some familiar ideas in here which I value; there were also some words of wisdom, and a few resonances with Buddhist principles. I also found that some of what I admired about Descartes in some of his lifestyle choices while exporing his own philosophy were indeed reflections of Stoic philosophy, at least so far as I've garnered from this reading. Interesting and readable for anyone wanting to dip their toes into Stoicism.

Người đọc Derrick Cage từ Nevskoye, Kaliningradskaya oblast', Russia

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.