How long does it take to read The Practicing Stoic?
The Practicing Stoic by Ward Farnsworth takes about 4 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 46 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2018. 260 pages, about 71,500 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 59 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
At the school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium the teachers believed that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge and reason, and encouraged indifference to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain. Farnsworth integrates his own observations with scores of quotations to provide perspective of the various Stoic philosophers. His organization and commentary makes the meaning and relevance of this ancient philosophy clear for our times.
Subjects: Stoics
