Where to start with Stoicism

See the video at https://youtu.be/Q9JGS2XseEA

Below is the complete list of all books discussed.

The three primary Roman period texts

Marcus Aurelius, 2006, Meditations, Penguin Classics.

Seneca, 2007, Dialogues and Essays, Oxford World Classics.

Epictetus, 2008, Discourses and Selected Writings Penguin Classics.

Brilliant modern introductions

John Sellars, Stoicism, 2006, Acumen (or Lessons in Stoicism by John Sellars)

Ward Farnsworth, 2018, The Practicing Stoic, Godine.

Some other great introductory works

Donald Robertson, 2020, How to Think like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, Griffin.

Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman, 2020, Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius, Profile Books.

Massimo Pigliucci, 2017, How to be a Stoic, Rider.

Additional reading

Ed. Brad Inwood, 1999, Cambridge Companion to the Stoics, Cambridge University Press.

Ed. Ricardo Salles, 2009, God and Cosmos in Stoicism, Oxford University Press.

Diogenes Laërtius, 2018, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Project Gutenberg – be wary of physical companies as some abridged versions remove Stoicism!

Historical texts for Marcus Aurelius and Seneca

Emily Wilson, 2015, Seneca: A Life, Penguin Classics.

Frank McLynn, 2010, Marcus Aurelius Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor.