From the beginning to the end of this compact but lucid book, Becker skillfully brings to life both the arguments and the intuitive appeal of stoicism.... In its essentials [the new stoicism] is recognizable, with its particularly astringent rational charm enhanced by Becker's focused and self-disciplined argumentation. Zeno, I suspect, would be pleased.--Brad Inwood "Apeiron "
A stimulating discussion of ethics that is free of the jejune or overly technical attitudes characteristic of much current writing on the subject.--Joseph Shea "n.b.: new from The Reader's Catalog "
From the beginning to the end of this compact but lucid book, Becker
skillfully brings to life both the arguments and the intuitive appeal of
stoicism.... In its essentials [the new stoicism] is recognizable, with its
particularly astringent rational charm enhanced by Becker's focused and
self-disciplined argumentation. Zeno, I suspect, would be pleased.
--Brad Inwood "Apeiron "
A stimulating discussion of ethics that is free of the jejune or overly
technical attitudes characteristic of much current writing on the
subject.
--Joseph Shea "n.b.: new from The Reader's Catalog "
"From the beginning to the end of this compact but lucid book, Becker skillfully brings to life both the arguments and the intuitive appeal of stoicism.... In its essentials [the new stoicism] is recognizable, with its particularly astringent rational charm enhanced by Becker's focused and self-disciplined argumentation. Zeno, I suspect, would be pleased."--Brad Inwood, Apeiron
"A stimulating discussion of ethics that is free of the jejune or overly technical attitudes characteristic of much current writing on the subject."--Joseph Shea, n.b.: new from The Reader's Catalog
-From the beginning to the end of this compact but lucid book, Becker skillfully brings to life both the arguments and the intuitive appeal of stoicism.... In its essentials [the new stoicism] is recognizable, with its particularly astringent rational charm enhanced by Becker's focused and self-disciplined argumentation. Zeno, I suspect, would be pleased.---Brad Inwood, Apeiron
-A stimulating discussion of ethics that is free of the jejune or overly technical attitudes characteristic of much current writing on the subject.---Joseph Shea, n.b.: new from The Reader's Catalog
"An effective antidote to the caricatures of Stoic theory which still infect the literary and philosophical world. . . . A New Stoicism is a fine contribution to the theory and practice of philosophical therapy."--Stephen R. L. Clark, Philosophy
"Becker makes a daring, creative use of the ancient Graeco-Roman heritage of the Stoa to outline a rigorously conceived, technically sophisticated, contemporary version of stoicism."--William O. Stephens, International Journal of the Classical Tradition