How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management

This book by Seneca came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

Timeless wisdom on controlling anger in personal life and politics from the Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman Seneca. In his essay ́On Anger ́ (De Ira), the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD) argues that anger is the most destructive passion: ́No plague has cost the human race more dear. ́ This was proved by his own life, which he barely preserved under one wrathful emperor, Caligula, and lost under a second, Nero.