How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life, by Massimo Pigliucci, is one of the many recent adaptations of Stoic philosophy for our particular time. When I was young I read the big three, Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius. Reading their work was enriching, but I found it difficult to tease out from their sprawling books the central tenants of Stoicism, and how it can help us in our time.
Pigliucci does this work for us, staying true to the
original sources, but also shaping them to suit our modern experience. Practicing Stoicism as a mental discipline is
a perfect exercise for our time – when so little – or noting at all, is in our
control.
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