Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

Discover the Stoic handbook that has guided seekers of wisdom for centuries.Compiled by Epictetus' student Arrian, The Enchiridion (or Handbook) distils the teachings of one of the ancient world's most respected philosophers into a concise and powerful guide to living well. At its heart lies a simple but transformative idea: focus on what is within your control and let go of what is not.Through a series of practical reflections, Epictetus ...

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.Stoic Six Pack brings together the six essential texts of Stoic Philosophy:Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusFragments of EpictetusSelected Discourses of Ep...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

"Of things, some depend upon ourselves, others do not depend upon ourselves." This simple opening line of The Enchiridion (c. 125 CE), the defining handbook on stoicism, contains Epictetus’ entire philosophy boiled down to its most essential: control what you can control and do not concern yourself with what you cannot.A direct influence on legendary thinkers like Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus prescribes constant vigilance for the burgeoning stoic. Vigilance ...

Learn to focus on what you can control and face everything else with strength and clarity. The Enchiridion, attributed to the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, is a concise collection of practical teachings on how to live a disciplined and meaningful life. Compiled from Epictetus's teachings, the work presents Stoic principles in a direct and accessible form. At its heart is the distinction between what is within our control and what is not. Epictetus encourages readers to focus their attention...

Discover ten enduring guides to courage, discipline, leadership and the examined life. This essential library unites Meditations, Moral Letters to Lucilius, The Enchiridion, Tao Te Ching, The Republic, The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings, The Prince, Beyond Good and Evil and As a Man Thinketh. From Stoic calm and Eastern wisdom to strategy and modern self-mastery, the works are arranged as a practical intellectual journey. A structured table of contents gives direct access to every book...