A page collecting resources related to stoic philosophy. If you interested in classics in general, that’s here.
Book titles link to my review of the book. If I haven’t read it, or haven’t yet gotten around to reviewing it, the link directs to amazon. Am I missing something? Get in touch at miloandthecalf@gmail.com
Books
Source Material
Meditations, Marcus Aurelius – Perhaps not the purest distillation of stoic thought, but almost always the one to start with. I prefer the Hays translation.
Discourses, Epictetus – A canonical text of classical stoic philosophy.
Cicero, Volume XXI. On Duties (De Officiis): De Officiis (Loeb Classical Library No. 30)
Cicero — this volume include “On Duties” which many think of as Cicero’s most stoic text.
Letters from a Stoic, Seneca – collects the writings of the Seneca which relate most directly to stoic philosophy.
Contemporary Scholarships
Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics: An Introduction to Hellenistic Philosophy
R.W. Sharpels
The Stoics
F.H. Sandbach
Stoicism (Ancient Philosophies)
John Sellars
Contemporary Popular Takes
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, William Irvine — Arguably the book which reignited mainstream interest in stoicism
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph, Ryan Holiday — The book which popularized stoicism with the twitterati.
Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (Teach Yourself)
Donald Robertson
The Stoics: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed)
M. Andrew Holochak
Online resources
The surprising informative and thoughtful reddit sub on stoicism
The live like a stoic week project hosted by the University of Exeter
Your occasional stoic – my own idiosyncratic annotations to classical stoic material