Guide to the Good Life - Irvine, William B (Professor of Philosophy author of On Desire: Why We Want What We Want, OUP 2005, Professor of Philosophy author of On Desire: Why We Want What We Want, OUP 2005, Wright State University)

One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives.