Why did Anthony love this book?
Although I don’t use memory techniques in the ways Vost describes, I admire his clarity about how they can be used. Vost fills a void all too often missing from the world of memory training: A guide based on pointing mnemonics at a specific skill: which in this case is retaining the precise words offered by a variety of Stoic philosophers.
As I read, I memorized a few of the lines from Seneca in Latin. As often happens, what seems quaint or merely interesting starts to become much more profound when you have the words rolling around in your mind like a fine wine.
I love this book for its unique application of mnemonics to a variety of Stoics. It also includes several diagrams detailing the use of the Memory Palace technique. Above all, you enjoy thinking about Stoics in a different way. Instead of for reference or occasional consolation,…
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Memorize the Stoics! The Ancient Art of Memory Meets the Timeless Art of Living. The title says it all! Extolling the powers of God-given human reason, Stoic philosophers such as Roman knight Musonius Rufus and his student, the former slave, Epictetus, developed powerful practical lessons for living tranquil, virtuous, loving lives. These lessons were praised by such early Church Fathers as Justin Martyr and Origen. Epictetus's Handbook was later adapted as a moral guidebook for monks. A millennium later, Thomas Aquinas mined the Stoic Seneca's lessons on anger, gratitude, patience, and more for use in his Summa Theologiae. And in…