Arete: Activate Your Heroic Potential
Brian Johnson
If you asked the ancient stoic philosophers how to live a good life, they'd answer you in a single word: Arete. We translate Arete as 'virtue' or 'excellence' but the word has a deeper meaning - something closer to being your best self moment to moment to moment. Phil Stutz, MD, the author of The Tools, who was featured in the Netflix documentary called Stutz, wrote the forewor...
Synopsis
If you asked the ancient stoic philosophers how to live a good life, they'd answer you in a single word: Arete. We translate Arete as 'virtue' or 'excellence' but the word has a deeper meaning - something closer to being your best self moment to moment to moment. Phil Stutz, MD, the author of The Tools, who was featured in the Netflix documentary called Stutz, wrote the foreword to the book. He says: 'What Brian has developed is much more than a bunch of coping mechanisms for the over-stressed modern person; although that would be an improvement for most of us. He's developed a training program for the soul. Commit to this training and you will gain the ability to transmute your biggest problems, your darkest days, into unstoppable courage, endless enthusiasm, and an unshakable faith in the future. This book will change your life. And, if enough of us commit, it will change the world.'
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