Reading Collection
Modern Philosophy Basics
Ancient wisdom, made useful for the way we actually live now.
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8
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Insights
Read in order, or open the book that matches the problem in front of you.
Books in Order
Start anywhere. Keep going.
The strongest reading paths usually start with the problem you can name clearly.
A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine
The good life is not a destination. It's a daily practice.
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Dale Carnegie
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday — and all is well.
Lives of the Stoics
Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.
Principles
Ray Dalio
Truth — or, more precisely, an accurate understanding of reality — is the essential foundation for any good outcome.
The Art of Loving
Erich Fromm
The mature person has come to the point where they are their own mother and their own father. Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character.
The Happiness Hypothesis
Jonathan Haidt
Happiness is not something that you can find, acquire, or achieve directly. You have to get the conditions right and then wait.
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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