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Lawrence C. Becker: A New Stoicism (Paperback, 1999, Princeton University Press) No rating

What would stoic ethics be like today if stoicism had survived as a systematic approach …

"A New Stoicism" by Lawrence Becker was recommended in the final chapter of "Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction". It resulted from a thought experiment by the philosopher to rethink Stoicism to make it more beneficial to a modern audience. Much of classical Stoicism, cosmology, rhetorical logic, and theology have been stripped away since the Renaissance, so it will be interesting to read Becker's conclusions.