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Tides of War
Steven Pressfield ISBN 9789601605999
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Steven Pressfield ISBN 9789601605999
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This book by Steven Pressfield has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-06-20 and the most recent from 2021-03-01. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Brilliant at war, a master of politics, and a charismatic lover, Alcibiades was Athens' favorite son and the city's greatest general.A prodigal follower of Socrates, he embodied both the best and the worst of the Golden Age of Greece. A commander on both land and sea, he led his armies to victory after victory.But like the heroes in a great Greek tragedy, he was a victim of his own pride, arrogance, excess, and ambition.
“then you have your historical fiction which is just outstanding gates of fire tides of war the afghan campaign and now a man at arms”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Steven Pressfield: Former Marine, Duke graduate, and author who became a published novelist at age 53 after roughly 30 years of failure. He wrote The War of Art, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, and his then-newest novel A Man at Arms. Steven Pressfield on resistance, the artist's journey, the muse, shadow careers, and why finishing your first big work changes everything.
“the Battle of Thermopylae the Lionsgate tides of war and others are some of the best historical fiction novels ever written”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Steven Pressfield: Bestselling author of The War of Art and historical-fiction novels like Gates of Fire about the Spartans. He is renowned for articulating the creative struggle against 'Resistance.'. Steven Pressfield reframes war as a metaphor for the inner creative battle, casting Resistance as the ego's fearful enemy of the self.
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