Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Unstraightforward Path 1
Chapter 2 A Road Map for the Journey 17
Part I The Discipline of Desire: What It Is Proper to Want or Not to Want
Chapter 3 Some Things Are in Our Power, Others Are Not 29
Chapter 4 Living According to Nature 47
Chapter 5 Playing Ball with Socrates 63
Chapter 6 God or Atoms? 79
Part II The Discipline of Action: How to Behave in the World
Chapter 7 It's All About Character (and Virtue) 95
Chapter 8 A Very Crucial Word 109
Chapter 9 The Role of Role Models 123
Chapter 10 Disability and Mental Illness 139
Part III The Discipline of Assent: How to React to Situations
Chapter 11 On Death and Suicide 157
Chapter 12 How to Deal with Anger, Anxiety, and Loneliness 171
Chapter 13 Love and Friendship 187
Chapter 14 Practical Spiritual Exercises 201
Appendix: The Hellenistic Schools of Practical Philosophy 223
Acknowledgments 241
Notes 243
Index 263