Don't Worry, Be Stoic

Peter Vernezze is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Weber State University. Professor Vernezze holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Washington.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Introduction: Stoicism: The Path to Personal LiberationChapter 3 Difficulties and Disappointments: The Stoic with a Porsche; One Step to Financial Freedom; Show Me the Money; A Fool's Paradise; On a Run; Stoics in Love; The Last Day of the Rest of Your Life; Suicide and Stoicism; the Golden Years; In Sickness andChapter 4 Destructive Emotions: Little Things; Edith Piaf, Stoic; Fear and Loathing in Stoicism; Keeping Company with the Abyss; Stoic Grief; Emotionally Intelligent Stoics; Don't Worry, Be Stoic; Tragic Optimism; Stoics ad Society; Are Stoics Happy?; A ModerChapter 5 Miscellaneous Matters: The God of the Stoics; When Bad Things Happen to Good Stoics; Was the Buddha a Stoic?; Satori and Stoicism; Tuesdays with Marcus; Practice, Practice, Practice; Do I Contradict Myself?; Be Prepared; Three YearsChapter 6 NotesChapter 7 Index

Vernezze does a decent job of explaining the basic appeal of Stoic thinking about everyday problems. The concise essays are well written and generally succeed in easing the worries of the kind of reader who, like Vernezze himself, can find solace in Stoicism.