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Index
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. The Man, the Emperor, the Thinker
The Man
Judging a Book by Its Title
The Family and Boyhood of “Truest”
The Philosopher-Prince
The Early Reign
A Stoic at War
Father and Son
The Thinker
2. The Influence of Heraclitus and Epictetus
Heraclitus
The divine law of logos
Sleeping, waking, remembering
Harmony of opposites
River
Flux, fire, and fortitude
Epictetus
Plato’s Socrates as a Stoic hero
Mighty mind and beastly body
Death’s door
The theater of life
3. Wholes and Parts
Simple Mereology
The Parts of a Person
Cosmic Holism
Death Harmlessly Transforms
Limbs of the Social Body
The Bees and the Hive
What, Then, is the Good of the Individual Citizen?
4. Time, Transience, and Eternity
The Rushing River of Existence
All that Happens Happened Before
Time Quickly Erases
The Gift of the Present
You Can’t Lose What You Don’t Have
5. Virtues, Vices, and Junk
Determine its Nature, Substance, Cause, Purpose, and Duration
Stupid, Paltry, Decaying, Putrid, Filthy, Vile, Contemptible, Worthless Junk
Ashes, Bones, and Smoke
What in Us Should We Prize?
The Task of Philosophy
Goodness is Your Job: Perfect Your Character
Justice and Reverence, Injustice and Blasphemy
The Self-cleaning Spring and the All-consuming Fire
What is Owed to Others
Epilogue: The Soul of a Stoic
Appendix: Marcus, Maximus, and Stoicism in Gladiator (2000)
Notes
Glossary
Further Reading
Subject Index
Name Index
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