Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favours The Brave
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Book: Good
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Pages: Good
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What separates the person who acts from the one who hesitates? In Courage is Calling: Fortune Favours the Brave, Ryan Holiday — the modern standard-bearer of Stoic philosophy — argues that courage is not a rare gift bestowed upon heroes, but a daily, deliberate choice available to every one of us. The first volume in his landmark The Stoic Virtues Series, this work draws on the lives of figures from Frederick Douglass to Florence Nightingale, from Leonidas at Thermopylae to a firefighter climbing a burning staircase, to illustrate how the ancient virtue of courage manifests in the most consequential moments of human history. Holiday's signature style — propulsive, anecdote-driven, and rigorously grounded in classical Stoic thought — transforms ancient wisdom into an urgent modern mandate. He dissects the anatomy of fear, chronicles the cost of cowardice, and presents a rousing case for why a life well-lived demands boldness above comfort. Endorsed by Matthew McConaughey as an urgent call to arms for each and all of us, this *New York Times* bestseller challenges readers to ask themselves the one question that truly matters: when the moment arrives, will you answer the call?
Author: Ryan Holiday
Format: Paperback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What separates the person who acts from the one who hesitates? In Courage is Calling: Fortune Favours the Brave, Ryan Holiday — the modern standard-bearer of Stoic philosophy — argues that courage is not a rare gift bestowed upon heroes, but a daily, deliberate choice available to every one of us. The first volume in his landmark The Stoic Virtues Series, this work draws on the lives of figures from Frederick Douglass to Florence Nightingale, from Leonidas at Thermopylae to a firefighter climbing a burning staircase, to illustrate how the ancient virtue of courage manifests in the most consequential moments of human history. Holiday's signature style — propulsive, anecdote-driven, and rigorously grounded in classical Stoic thought — transforms ancient wisdom into an urgent modern mandate. He dissects the anatomy of fear, chronicles the cost of cowardice, and presents a rousing case for why a life well-lived demands boldness above comfort. Endorsed by Matthew McConaughey as an urgent call to arms for each and all of us, this *New York Times* bestseller challenges readers to ask themselves the one question that truly matters: when the moment arrives, will you answer the call?