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Stoic Foundations

Stoic Foundations is the plain English version of Discourses Book 1 by the eminent Stoic philosopher Epictetus.

It revolves around 10 themes which are also repeated in other places throughout Discourses. These are:

• Concern yourself with only what is in your power
• Be content to let things happen as they do
• Your thinking, not the externals, drives your behaviour
• Do not place value on external things
• Don't give in to your anger or animal instincts
• You can handle anything; always act your best Learn to think properly and logically
• Practice, not knowledge, results in progress
• Only you can make you happy

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Stoic Choices

Stoic Choices is the plain English version of Discourses Book 2 by the eminent Stoic philosopher Epictetus.

It revolves around 10 themes which are also repeated in other places throughout Discourses. Here are some of the choices discussed in this book:

• What should you act upon: External things or internal things?
• When should you choose to be confident and when to be cautious in making decisions?
• What should you protect: Your inherent qualities or qualities that are not inherent to you?
• Is there a choice between knowledge and action?
• Is there a choice between knowledge and anxiety?
• Should you study logic? Why?
• Choose to be faithful.
• Choose habits that fight impressions.
• Show yourself to be worthy.
• Choose to be skilful.

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Stoic Training

This is the third book of Discourses of Epictetus in plain English. Stoics did not believe in just theoretical knowledge but held that it is critical we practice what we learned. Here are the basic themes of Stoic training explored by Epictetus here:

• Stoic training aims to make you excellent as a human being.
• Stoic training consists of three disciplines: desire, action and assent.
• Stoic training consists only of dealing with one’s choices.
• Train you mind to want whatever actually happens.
• Stoic training means to prepare ourselves for the challenges to come.
• Ascetic training is unnecessary unless it serves some purpose.
• Train to see things as they are without adding your judgements to them.
• Your judgements are the sole cause of your distress, because nothing outside of you can harm you.
• Don’t imitate others without understanding the basis of their actions. ]
• Train to be at home wherever you are.  Things are impermanent.
• Your goal is happiness and good fortune.

Coming Soon - Stoic Inspirations

Stoic Inspirations combines the Enchiridion (Epictetus’ pupil Arrian’s notebook summarizing his teachings) and the remaining fragments of the lost Discourses books. It completes the Stoicism in Plain English series on Epictetus from The Stoic Gym.

A Fortunate Storm

Unshakable Freedom is based on Stoic teachings.

But how did Stoicism come about?

Three unconnected events – a shipwreck in Piraeus, a play in Thebes, and the banishment of a rebel in Turkey – connected three unrelated individuals to give birth to a philosophy. It was to endure two thousand years and offer hope and comfort to hundreds of thousands of people along the way.

The Fortunate Storm is the improbable story of how Stoicism came about. You can get a FREE COPY of the e-version of this book at the link below:

http://www.TheStoicGym.com/fortunatestormfree

The Good Life Handbook

Available in Print, digital, and audio editions.

The Good Life Handbook is a rendering of Enchiridion in plain English. It is a concise summary of the teachings of Epictetus, as transcribed and later summarized by his student Flavius Arrian.

The Handbook is a guide to the good life. It answers the question, “How can we be good and live free and happy, no matter what else is happening around us?”

Ancient Stoics lived in a time of turmoil under difficult conditions. So, the solutions they found to living free was tested under very stringent conditions. For example, the author of this Handbook was a lame slave who made himself free and happy later in life by following the principles set out in this book.

Now The Stoic Gym offers The Good Life Handbook by Dr Chuck Chakrapani to interested readers free (Kindle and other online versions).

Please get your copy in your favourite online bookstore.

Unshakable Freedom

How can we achieve total personal freedom when we have so many obligations and so many demands on our time? Is personal freedom even possible?

Yes, it is possible, said the Stoics and gave us a blue print for freedom. The teachings were lost but have been rediscovered in recent times and form the basis of modern cognitive therapy.

In his new book, Unshakable Freedom, Dr Chuck Chakrapani outlines the Stoic secrets for achieving total freedom, no matter who you are and what obstacles you face in life.

Using modern examples, Chuck explores how anyone can achieve personal freedom by practicing a few mind-training techniques