https://bookstoic.com/guides/Recent content in Guides on BookStoicHugoenSat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://bookstoic.com/guides/where-to-begin/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://bookstoic.com/guides/where-to-begin/<h2 id="the-first-hour">The first hour</h2> <p>Read the <a href="https://bookstoic.com/books/enchiridion/">Enchiridion</a>. It is fifty three paragraphs and takes an hour. Everything else on this shelf assumes its first sentence, so read that first sentence until you can say it without looking.</p> <h2 id="the-first-week">The first week</h2> <p>Then read the <a href="https://bookstoic.com/books/letters-to-lucilius/">Letters to Lucilius</a>, one a day, in order, for a week. Seneca is the easiest of the three to read because he is the only one who was writing to be read. If Letter 1 does not hold you, stop and try <a href="https://bookstoic.com/books/on-the-shortness-of-life/">On the Shortness of Life</a>, which is the same argument compressed.</p>