Ratings18
Average rating3.7
Beautifully broken down into chapters of ideal length and coverage of the right topics.
Mr. Pigliucci seems to be so knowledgeable, as to be able to present many complex ideas simply.
He also compares all Hellenistic schools.
It's hard to distinguish between my view of Stoicism and the book itself. The writing is generally good although a little repetitive. I found the imagined conversations with Epictetus to be both jarring and creepy. I was very off-put by the Stoic denial of Evil. As for the author's belief in Evolution, look up two things: Cambrian Explosion and Protein Folding.