A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living

One of the most prominent schools of ancient philosophy is rightly considered Stoicism, a philosophical system developed in the III-II centuries BC in Greece and later adopted by Rome. The author, an American philosopher, biologist and publicist, uses the few but illustrious works of this thinker and tries to reconstruct his worldview, relying on modern language, modern style and modern narratives - making the once outstanding Stoic doctrine accessible and appealing to the 21st century man. He turns to the views of Epictetus, the Roman philosopher-slave, one of its most brilliant representatives. The construction he presents, called Stoicism 2.0, also has a practical purpose: it can, in the author's vision, teach today's man the art of not just living, but of living happily. Verified by two millennia of stoic wisdom, as the author believes, has exceptional value in the postmodern world.