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Alejandro's Reviews > The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living. The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday. DiscovernewbooksonGoodreads Meetyournextfavoritebook SigninwithFacebook Signinoptions JoinGoodreads Alejandro'sReviews>TheDailyStoic:366MeditationsonWisdom,Perseverance,andtheArtofLiving WanttoRead saving… WanttoRead CurrentlyReading Read Errorratingbook.Refreshandtryagain. Ratethisbook Clearrating 1of5stars2of5stars3of5stars4of5stars5of5stars TheDailyStoic:366MeditationsonWisdom,Perseverance,andtheArtofLiving by RyanHoliday(GoodreadsAuthor), StephenHanselman Alejandro'sreview Jan08,2017 didnotlikeit IamafanofsomeofMarcusAurelius'writingsoIboughtthisbooklookingforwardtodiscoveringotherancientStoicwriters.Instead,IfoundmostlytheinterpretationsoftheeditorwithjustsmallsnippetsfromtheStoicgreats.Sometimesit'shardtofindtheStoicquotesamidstthesimplisticandshallowcommentaryoftheeditor. 36likes · Like ∙ flag SignintoGoodreadstoseeifanyofyourfriendshaveread TheDailyStoic. SignIn» ReadingProgress October1,2016 – StartedReading December6,2016 – FinishedReading January8,2017 –Shelved Postacomment»Comments Showing1-9of9 (9new) date    newest» message1: by YingYing (new) - ratedit2stars Apr11,201711:56AM That'sagreatandvalidcomment!Thisbookseemstotargetthegeneralaudiencethathasnoideaofstoicism.Forthosealreadyfamiliarwithit,thisbookisabittoosuperficial. reply | flag * message2: by Ebony (new) - ratedit4stars Jun21,201706:18AM Whatbook(s)wouldyourecommendinstead? reply | flag * message3: by Nick (new) - ratedit1star Oct09,201711:24AM Readslikeitwaswrittenbya1styearartsmajor,tryingtofillupawordcount.Iwasverydisappointedtoo! reply | flag * message4: by Stephania (new) Oct12,201711:05AM whatdoyourecommendinstead? reply | flag * message5: by Alejandro (new) - ratedit1star Oct13,201707:45AM Stephaniawrote:"whatdoyourecommendinstead?"Personally,Iliked"TheEssentialMarcusAurelius"byJacobNeedleman.Exceptfortwointroductoryessays,therearenocommentariesaddedtoAurelius'writing.Instead,it'sacollectionofalargefractionofAurelius'entriesin"Meditations".Theeditorhaschosentoincludeonlythosepassagesthathave"universalsignificance".Thereisariskherethatyouwillreadaviewof"Meditations"thatisbiasedbytheeditor.But,theselectionofthepassagesistheonlyplacethebiasisapplied.Theeditoraddsnocommentarytotheselectedpassages,butinsteadallowsthereadertoreadthepassageanddrawtheirownconclusions.ForanintroductiontoAurelius,Ilikeditalot.IwouldreadonepassageadayandthenwritedownmythoughtsaboutwhatAureliuswassaying.Basically,lookforanybookthatgivesyouthewordsoftheStoicsandallowsyoutothinkdeeplyaboutthemwithoutunnecessaryandoverbearinginterpretations.ThewritingsoftheStoicsshouldbeasaccessibletoustodayasitwastotheGreeksmillenniaago. reply | flag * message6: by Nick (new) Dec06,201711:23AM YeahwellmyfriendKirklikesit. reply | flag * message7: by Alejandro (new) - ratedit1star Apr14,201809:08AM Interestingly,myadviceforhowtoapproachAureliusandtheStoicsisthesameprocessthatRyanHolidayoriginallyused:https://medium.com/thrive-global/i-re...Soagain,readtheprimarysourcesinsteadofthis"dailydevotional". reply | flag * message8: by Guillermo (new) - addedit Aug05,201805:15PM lettersfromastoicofSenecawouldbealsoagoodoptiontounderstandthestoicism reply | flag * message9: by Gary (new) - ratedit5stars Nov16,201903:02PM Fairpoint.Maybethebookshouldhavebeencalledabeginner'sguidetostoicisminstead?IgottothebookthroughlisteningtoTheMinimalistspodcaststhatreferencedstoicismandMarcusAureliusquiteregularly,sowaslookingforabaseknowledgeofthesubject.Asabeginnersguideit'sveryhelpfulandalthoughI'monlyafewmonthsthroughI'mfindingsomeveryusefuladvicesofar.WhilstnotdetailedI'mstartingtofindalotofthephilosophicalideasandethicalviewsmentionedalignwithmyownthoughtssoit'sencouragingmetoreadfurtherintothehistoricalworks. reply | flag * backtotop postacomment» Addareference: Book Author Searchforabooktoaddareference add:    link cover Author: add:    link photo FlagAbuse FlaggingapostwillsendittotheGoodreadsCustomerCareteamforreview. Wetakeabuseseriouslyinourdiscussionboards. Onlyflagcommentsthatclearlyneedourattention. Asageneralrulewedonotcensoranycontentonthesite. Theonlycontentwewillconsiderremovingisspam, slanderousattacksonothermembers, orextremelyoffensivecontent(eg.pornography,pro-Nazi,childabuse,etc). Wewillnotremoveanycontentforbadlanguagealone,orbeingcritical ofaparticularbook. ShareonFacebook Welcomeback.JustamomentwhilewesignyouintoyourGoodreadsaccount.