{"product_id":"the-strategy-and-stoicism-collection-paper-mill-press-classics","title":"The Strategy and Stoicism Collection (Paper Mill Press Classics)","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eMeditiations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWritten in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMeditations \u003c\/span\u003eof Marcus Aurelius  offer a wide range of fascinating spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Spanning from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics as the question of virtue, human rationality, the nature of the gods and the values of leadership. But while the \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMeditations \u003c\/span\u003ewere composed to provide personal consolation, in developing his beliefs Marcus also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a series of wise and practical aphorisms that have been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and ordinary readers for almost two thousand years.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFor more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/span\u003e has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics and management strategies. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business, or in relationships. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/span\u003e shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. Niccoló Machiavelli drew on his own experience of office under the turbulent Florentine republic, rejecting traditional values of political theory and recognizing the complicated, transient nature of political life. Concerned not with lofty ideal but with a regime that would last, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/span\u003e has become the bible of realpolitik, and it still retains its power to alarm and to instruct. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paper Mill Press","offers":[{"title":"Hot off the press","offer_id":42888894611536,"sku":"9781774022696B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781774022696-l.jpg?v=1789524225","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-strategy-and-stoicism-collection-paper-mill-press-classics","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}