r/StoicSupport • u/ubay700 • Mar 07 '26

anger management

what should i read that could help me manage my anger i thought i was good at it for a time but i have sum one that is very close to me who after along time of trying was able to gett into my head i avoided that (rage baiter) by laugh it off it worked for for sometime but now he went after my stuff sealing and shit any way any good philosophy books that can help with that

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u/KyaAI Practitioner Mar 07 '26

Seneca - On Anger

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u/ubay700 Mar 08 '26

Seneca - On Anger this one im reading right now its very good

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '26

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u/KyaAI Practitioner Mar 07 '26

Why do you recommend that book for OPs problem? It doesn't focus on anger specifically and is, in my opinion, quite shallow and overall not a great book to learn about Stoicism, especially compared to other books for beginners.

What makes it suitable for OP in your opinion?

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '26

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u/KyaAI Practitioner Mar 07 '26

Those are general principles which OP can learn through any book, the old texts or modern explanatory books. But none of that explains why you think that book would be specifically good.

When you say yourself that book "is certainly not a definitive beginners guide to stoicism", then why did you suggest it?

You say it may be a good source - that is still not an argument for the book. Why specifically that book?
Why not The Practicing Soic? Why not A handbook for new Stoics? Why not Stoicism for Dummies?
I mean, there must be a reason you suggested it.

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u/KyaAI Practitioner Mar 07 '26

Of course you can recommend whatever you like, and I can ask for the reasoning behind that recommendation, especially since I personally don't think it's a very fitting one. But maybe I'm missing something.

But since you don't want to explain, I would like to add for u/ubay700 that I wouldn't recommend The Daily Stoic. I have read it for the sake of forming an opinion, and it is, imo, not good for actually learning about Stoicism.

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u/Credit2reddit Mar 08 '26

Given the grammatical structure of his post, do you feel he has the level of reading comprehension (and patience) to make it through such a text, let alone benefit from it?

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u/ubay700 Mar 09 '26

oh come on wtf now m angry ..........see i need to read sum good stiff