Emerson, the Stoics, and Me

Timeless Wisdom for Living an Authentic Life

By: Mark Matousek

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

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The presentation method resonated deeply with me.

The organized and straightforward approach to presenting the content so one can easily grasp the concepts.

An Update of Timeless Thought

A good synthesis of Emersonian Transcendentalism and Stoic philosophy for 21st century readers - at times superficial / hopefully those interested will dig deeper into the sources themselves - on balance very enjoyable

Subject matter engaging, author’s take often hypocritical

I have fallen in love with Emerson’s writings and I’ve listened to this audiobook twice, but both times I had to pull up my waders for the occasional hypocritical bullshit Mr. Matousek couldn’t help but spew. As with many progressives, the author draws the line of reasonable discourse at the modern hyperbole about conservatives and the lies they like to propagate and feed off of in the media. I look forward to someday when maybe we can look back and see that we were played by people in power against each other, and that they profit off of knee-jerk reactions in response to lies. It’s all so non-Emerson like. Otherwise it’s a great book. I’ll probably listen to it again.

Quasi-stoic but...

a very good and interesting listen. I learned a lot about him and his contemporaries.

Stoicism taught with political & religious bias

Stoicism does not instill political beliefs or encourage certain Leftist directions. Nor does it instill anti-religious views. Very bias writer