Landscapes For Learning

12 min Maureen and Pierre dive into Stoicism.   Sam Harris's meditation app "Waking Up" has a section on the stoic path.  It's a series of mini-pods, about 8-15 minutes long that take you down the path of this philosophy with a view towards a better life. Maureen picks up on that and introduces several resources from her studies of philosophy which are now overlapping modern interests in classical wisdom.  Pierre chimes in and a bunch of resources are discussed.  The book Pierre was trying to remember in the pod is:  The Stoic Challenge, see below.  The psychologist Maureen remembered is Albert Ellis.  Listen to this pod for a quick overview and intro to these resources: Epictetus - Greek philosopher. Marcus Aurelius - Roman emperor, author, philosopher Ryan Holiday - author:  The Obstacle is the Way; The Daily Stoic; Discipline is Destiny William B Irvine - author: The Stoic Challenge; A Guide to the Good Life; Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt and Why They Shouldn't. Robert Greene - author:  The 48 Laws of