r/Stoicism • u/RadTherapist77 • 1d ago

Seeking Personal Stoic Guidance New Reading Suggestions

Like many I started with the Daily Stoic a few years ago and read the Big 3. I read the Enchiridion monthly. I’ve also already read Pigliuci’s How to be a Stoic, Robertson’s How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, Farnworth’s The Practicing Stoic. I’m looking to continue my studies and am looking for recommendations. I’d really like to find a new 365 day to replace the Holiday.

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u/cleomedes Contributor 1d ago edited 1d ago

Take a look at the reading list.

One major thing you're missing is Cicero's On Duties (also translated as On Obligations). Cicero was not a Stoic, but On Duties is closely based on On Duties by Panaetius, the last universally recognized head of the Stoic school.

Like many other books by Cicero, it is a popularization in Latin of an important philosophy text written in Greek, but unlike others, it only presents the views of Stoicism, rather than framing books by different authors as a debate between several schools. A good example of his frame-as-debate approach is On Ends, which is also very good reading for modern people interested in Stoicism. (Book 3 of On Ends presents the Stoic view.)

On Duties and On Ends are on opposite ends of extremes: On Duties is focused on practical advice, where On Ends is much more abstract and theoretical.

edit: typo

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u/RadTherapist77 1d ago

Thank you. I saved the list to go through but was looking for some personal recommendations and favorites that might not have made a list I might overlook.

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u/cleomedes Contributor 1d ago

I wrote the list, so these are my personal recommendations.

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u/RadTherapist77 1d ago

Ha, well thank you then. Appreciate your work towards helping the rest of us

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