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Stoic Warriors The Ancient Philosophy behind the Military Mind

Nancy Sherman

While few soldiers may have read the works of Epictetus or Marcus Aurelius, it is undoubtedly true that the ancient philosophy known as Stoicism guides the actions of many in the military. Soldiers and seamen learn early in their training "to suck it up," to endure, to put aside their feelings and t...

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The Daily Stoic

The book was described as exploring the application of Stoic philosophy within military culture, examining both its positive and negative implications. The host mentioned that it was recommended to him and he found the writing fascinating.

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I'm almost positive it was that someone recommended her first book to me Stoic Warriors which is about the sort of culture of stoicism, the prose as well as the cons and the sort of ethical ramificati...

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The book was described as exploring the application of Stoic philosophy within military culture, examining both its positive and negative implications. The host mentioned that it was recommended to him and he found the writing fascinating.

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I'm almost positive it was that someone recommended her first book to me Stoic Warriors which is about the sort of culture of stoicism, the prose as well as the cons and the sort of ethical ramifications of the sort of the wisdom of Marx, Reles and Seneca and epictetus inside the military culture.

What she's really doing is applying the philosophy the way it's supposed to be applied which is to those vexing really difficult problems of life.

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