Nancy Sherman is University Professor at Georgetown University, Guggenheim Fellow, member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the Inaugural Distinguished Chair of Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. Sherman is a New York Times notable author whose publications include Afterwar, The Untold War (a New York Times editors' pick), Stoic Warriors, Making a Necessity of Virtue, The Fabric of Character, and over 100 articles and essays. An ethicist with research training in psychoanalysis and a Ph.D. from Harvard in ancient philosophy, Sherman lectures worldwide on ethics, the emotions, moral injury, and resilience. She has received honors and awards for her work from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, the Wilson Center, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and others.

This book is one of a number of recent trade titles devoted to the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. Over the last decade or so there has been an upsurge of popular interest in this ancient school of philosophy.

• Lesson TitlesLesson 1: The Great Stoic RevivalLesson 2: Who Were the Stoics?Lesson 3: Finding CalmLesson 4: Living with EmotionsLesson 5: Grit and ResilienceLesson 6: Healing through Self-CompassionLesson 7: LifehacksLesson 8: The Art of Stoic Living Lesson 9: A Healthy Modern Stoicism

Nancy Sherman is University Professor at Georgetown University, Guggenheim Fellow, member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the Inaugural Distinguished Chair of Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. Sherman is a New York Times notable author whose publications include Afterwar, The Untold War (a New York Times editors' pick), Stoic Warriors, Making a Necessity of Virtue, The Fabric of Character, and over 100 articles and essays. An ethicist with research training in psychoanalysis and a Ph.D. from Harvard in ancient philosophy, Sherman lectures worldwide on ethics, the emotions, moral injury, and resilience. She has received honors and awards for her work from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, the Wilson Center, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and others.

This book is one of a number of recent trade titles devoted to the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. Over the last decade or so there has been an upsurge of popular interest in this ancient school of philosophy.

• Lesson TitlesLesson 1: The Great Stoic RevivalLesson 2: Who Were the Stoics?Lesson 3: Finding CalmLesson 4: Living with EmotionsLesson 5: Grit and ResilienceLesson 6: Healing through Self-CompassionLesson 7: LifehacksLesson 8: The Art of Stoic Living Lesson 9: A Healthy Modern Stoicism

Nancy Sherman is University Professor at Georgetown University, Guggenheim Fellow, member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the Inaugural Distinguished Chair of Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. Sherman is a New York Times notable author whose publications include Afterwar, The Untold War (a New York Times editors' pick), Stoic Warriors, Making a Necessity of Virtue, The Fabric of Character, and over 100 articles and essays. An ethicist with research training in psychoanalysis and a Ph.D. from Harvard in ancient philosophy, Sherman lectures worldwide on ethics, the emotions, moral injury, and resilience. She has received honors and awards for her work from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, the Wilson Center, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and others.

This book is one of a number of recent trade titles devoted to the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. Over the last decade or so there has been an upsurge of popular interest in this ancient school of philosophy.

• Lesson TitlesLesson 1: The Great Stoic RevivalLesson 2: Who Were the Stoics?Lesson 3: Finding CalmLesson 4: Living with EmotionsLesson 5: Grit and ResilienceLesson 6: Healing through Self-CompassionLesson 7: LifehacksLesson 8: The Art of Stoic Living Lesson 9: A Healthy Modern Stoicism