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| Books in the set | 5 |
|---|---|
| Daily lessons | 363 |
| Pages | 1,167 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Page size | 6 × 9 in |
5 books · 363 daily lessons · 1,167 pages
All FiveStoic BooksIn One Set
All five Stoic books in one set: Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus Explained, 363 daily lessons between them, plus the complete Meditations in clear modern English and Greatest Stoic Quotes of All Time. Digital (PDF + ePub) or paperback.
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Daily lessons
363
Pages
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Format
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Page size
6 × 9 in
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01About this book
Five Stoic books: 363 daily lessons, the full Meditations and a book of 152 quotes.
All five Stoic books in one set: Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus Explained, 363 daily lessons between them, plus the complete Meditations in clear modern English and Greatest Stoic Quotes of All Time. Digital (PDF + ePub) or paperback.
Five books on the Stoics, chosen to work together. Three of them take one writer each, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus, and give every passage two pages: the text with its source, what the writer meant, and one practice for the day. That is 363 daily lessons in all.
The fourth is the Meditations complete: all twelve books and all 487 entries, in a new translation from the Greek into plain modern language, each entry under its own short title. Once a few of Marcus's passages feel familiar from Greatest Meditations Explained, this is where you read the notebook whole.
The fifth, Greatest Stoic Quotes of All Time, is the one to open anywhere: 152 lines from Marcus, Seneca, Epictetus and other Stoics, sorted into 18 categories by the problem each one answers, each with a short reflection.
None of them will make you calm by the weekend, and none pretend to. What the set gives you is a year of short daily reading from three men who spent their lives on the same question: what is in your control, and what to do about the rest.
What is included
Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus Explained (363 daily lessons), the complete Meditations in modern English, and Greatest Stoic Quotes of All Time.
Page size
6 × 9 in
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Where most people stop with Stoicism
Most people meet the Stoics as a line on a screen, buy one book, and never learn that the three of them wrote for very different reasons.
Marcus wrote his notebook to steady himself while running an empire. Seneca wrote letters to a friend, Lucilius, about time, fear and money. Epictetus, born a slave, taught in his own school at Nicopolis, and a student took the notes.
This set gives you all three in the same two-page daily format, then the Meditations whole, in clear modern English, so you can read the notebook from start to finish once the passages feel familiar.
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Contents
5 themes
Five books, and what each one does.
- 01 Marcus Aurelius Greatest Meditations Explained: 132 lessons
- 02 Seneca Greatest Letters Explained: 136 lessons
- 03 Epictetus Greatest Maxims Explained: 95 lessons
- 04 Meditations, complete: 12 books, 487 entries
- 05 Greatest Stoic Quotes of All Time: 152 quotes
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Who it's for
This set was put together for the reader who…
Knows the quotes and wants where they came from
Each passage is printed with its book, letter or entry number, so you can find it again in a full translation.
Wants a habit more than a reading list
Three of the books give you a two-page lesson each day, and each lesson closes with a small task for the same day.
Is buying for someone else
Five books in matching black and gold covers, chosen together, in one order.
Sound familiar? Then this is the whole shelf at once.
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How it reads
6 × 9 in
Two pages a day, for most of a year.
The three Explained books hold 363 daily lessons between them. One fits into a coffee break.
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The passage, with its source
Book, letter or entry number printed above it.
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What it meant
The life the writer was living, and how the line applies to a normal working week.
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One practice
A single task for that day, small enough to fit around work.
05Pairs well with
Pairs well with
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As a gift
A whole shelf, handed over at once.
Choose Paperback and put their address in as the shipping address, and the five books go straight to them. A note helps: Marcus for steadiness, Seneca for time, Epictetus for what is theirs to control.
No price inside
The price is not printed on the book, so it can be handed over as it is.
Sent straight to them
Enter the recipient’s address at checkout and it goes direct, with no stop at your house first.
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Questions
Before you ask.
Digital or paperback?
Digital is ten files, a PDF and an ePub of every book, ready the moment you pay. Paperback is the five printed books, shipped to the address you give.
How do the downloads work?
After payment the order page has three buttons: all five PDFs, all five ePubs, or all ten files. Each file downloads on its own, with no zip to unpack, and the same links arrive by email.
Do the books overlap?
The three Explained books use different writers. The complete Meditations contains every entry, including the 132 that the Marcus book explains one by one, and some quotes in the fifth book will look familiar.
Will the ePubs open on a Kindle?
Yes, through Amazon's Send to Kindle, and in Apple Books, Kobo and most reading apps. The PDFs keep the printed 6 x 9 page layout.
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5 books · 363 daily lessons · 1,167 pages
All five Stoic books, for about the price of two.
Digital: ten files, PDF and ePub, the moment you pay. Paperback: the five printed books, shipped to your door.
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