Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

A Life Truly Worth Living

1​The Lost Art of Friendship

2​Value Your Time: Don’t Postpone Living

3​How to Overcome Worry and Anxiety

4​The Problem with Anger

5​Wherever You Go, There You Are: You Can’t Escape Yourself

6​How to Tame Adversity

7​Why You Should Never Complain

8​The Battle Against Fortune: How to Survive Poverty and Extreme Wealth

9​Vicious Crowds and the Ties That Bind

10​How to Be Authentic and Contribute to Society

11​Living Fully Regardless of Death

12​Give Grief Its Due

13​Love and Gratitude

14​Freedom, Tranquility, and Lasting Joy

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Stoic Philosophical Exercises

Notes

For Further Reading: Seneca’s Philosophical Writings

Seneca’s Philosophical Writings

Bibliography of Works Cited

Index