ryanaldred

Thank you for doing this AMA. I’m currently reading your book “Stoicism and the Art of Happiness”, and I’ve found it to be perhaps the most comprehensive and well-written introduction to Stoicism I’ve yet read. Do you happen to have any favourite bits of trivia or humorous anecdotes that you’ve come across in the course of your research?

That’s a wonderful story - thank you for sharing that. I remember hearing that Meditations was more of a journal than an intended handbook, and those small details really drive that home. I hadn’t heard that about Chrysippus and the donkey, either! Not the worst way to leave the world...