Ryan Holiday Wisdom Takes Work

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The final installment in the New York Times bestselling Stoic Virtues series: the essential, life-changing and hard-won virtue of wisdom.

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Description: Binding: Hardback
Date Published: 21 Oct 2025
Foster curiosity, discernment and life-changing wisdom: book 4 in the New York Times-bestselling Stoic Virtues series'Some authors give advice. Ryan Holiday distils wisdom' CAL NEWPORT, bestselling author of Deep Work 'Ryan Holiday is one of his generation's finest thinkers' STEVEN PRESSFIELD, author of The War of ArtWisdom is central to a meaningful life. It gives us perspective, reveals knowledge and guides our path. Without it, our best qualities become our worst: courage turns to foolhardiness, self-discipline to cruelty, justice to empty moralising. We all aspire to be wise - but wisdom is earned. In this fourth and final instalment of his bestselling Stoic Virtues series, Ryan Holiday uncovers tried and true methods for cultivating wisdom. Drawing on lessons from heroes across history, including Marcus Aurelius, Abraham Lincoln, Maya Angelou and Joan Didion, he shows how to keep an open mind in times of division and disruption; to listen more than we talk; to think with nuance and ruthlessly question our own beliefs. Through cautionary figures like Elon Musk, he shows how dangerous intelligence can be without wisdom - and how we can all escape today's traps of tribalism, certainty and self-righteousness. Are you open to listening? Are you willing to question? Are you here to learn? Wisdom is work. But it's worth it.
About the Author: Ryan Holiday is one of the world's bestselling living philosophers. His books include The Daily Stoic, The Obstacle Is the Way, Stillness Is the Keyand the New York Times bestselling Stoic Virtues series. Together, they've been translated into over 40 languages, sold over 10 million copies and spent over 300 weeks on the bestseller lists. He lives outside Austin with his wife and two boys ... and a small herd of cows and donkeys and goats. His bookstore, The Painted Porch, sits on historic Main St in Bastrop, Texas.
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A deeply thoughtful yet entertainingly readable description of the journey to wisdom by a modern age philosopher. -- General Stanley McChrystal, retired US Army general and author of On Character
PRAISE FOR THE STOIC VIRTUES SERIES * : *
An urgent call to arms for each and all of us -- Matthew McConaughey
Ryan Holiday is a genius -- Chris Evans
A clear and inspiring guide -- Robert Greene
A message all of us need to hear -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
A gift to humanity -- Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Ryan Holiday has helped bring the ancient teaching of Stoicism to millions of readers - from athletes and politicians to CEOs. * Good Morning America *
Some authors give advice. Ryan Holiday distills wisdom -- Cal Newport
Ryan Holiday is among the most psychologically wise writers I know -- Angela Duckworth

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