Re:Ask HN: Which books have made you introspect?
by deathWasp271 on Friday May 11, 2018 @05:19AM
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Yes, this was another one of the books I read last year. I liked how it separated the world into internal and external. I realized how much smoother life became once I focused on living with an internal set of principles, rather than external expectations.
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Re:Ask HN: Which books have made you introspect?
by mikearagua on Friday May 11, 2018 @02:20PM
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If you like Stoicism you should try Pierre Hadot's What is Ancient Philosophy and at least the main essay from Philosophy as a Way of Life. He's an excellent writer and you can get other useful perspectives from the other ancient schools. The Epicurean take on pleasure (absence from pain) is helpful as well as the ancient skeptical practice of equipollent dispute.