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The inscription on the Oracle of Delphi says: 'Nothing in excess.' C.S. Lewis described temperance as going to the 'right length but no further.' Easy to say, hard to practice—and if it was tough in 300 BCE, or in the 1940s, it feels all but impossible today. Yet it's the most empowering and important virtue any of us can learn. Drawing on ancient Stoic wisdom and examples across history and around the world, Ryan Holiday shows why self-control is so vital, and how to cultivate it in our own lives.

"Virtue is the only good for human beings". Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. By listening to this audiobook you will understand how you can get happiness in your life just changing your point of view. Don't let that external things, such as health, wealth, and pleasure, influence your daily emotions and start living your life with serenity it deserves.