Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?

Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by gordon_freeman on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @02:45AM (#20332739)

I would recommend Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Hays Translation) along with On the Shortness of Life by Seneca. These 2 books together will introduce you to the Stoic philosophy which I just found a couple of years ago and it has made my life much better.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by 0kl on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @06:55AM (#20333866)

I have always been of the opinion that you ought to read the stoics in the order of:

1. Epictetus (foundational with the enchiridion) [trans Robert Dobbin] 2. Seneca’s letters (eloquent exhortations from one person to another) [trans Robin Campbell] 3. Aurelius’s meditations (powerful self-reflections not meant for publication) [trans Martin Hammond]

I found that, going back, both Seneca or Epictetus were lesser reads than Aurelius, but I’m still glad I read them.

[These are my preferred translations, but I did see this comment and just ordered the translation mentioned https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8717216]

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by sanabriarenato on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @11:58AM (#20336383)

The obstacle is the way (https://www.amazon.com/Obstacle-Way-Timeless-Turning-Triumph...) is also a good one on the Stoic philosophy, could serve as in introduction to Meditations

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by natmaka on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @06:20AM (#20333731)

On this vein one may benefit from the Enchiridion of Epictetus.

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