Ask HN: Where to Start with Stoicism?

2 points by mcrittenden ↗ HN
Is there a decent intro guide that isn't a 300+ page book?

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No can do. The whole thing is a get rich quick scam by Marcus Aurelius.
Well, the book is a proper tome, but the section on Stoics is very concise (as is rest of the book, really), so I'd go for "A History of Western Philosophy" by Bertrand Russell.

The book also gives a good context on where Stoicism arose, so it might be worthwhile to skim the sections before, though there's no need to get too deep with, say, Aristotle's metaphysics.

It's on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/westernphilosoph035502mbp/page/n...

No. it's not actually mentally healthy. Go with mindfulness and getting in touch with your feelings instead.