Peace of Mind: Stoic Insights

In a life time of studying philosophy, I have found no philosophy more personally useful than that of the Stoics. In two cancer experiences, 20 years apart, it was the Stoics who helped me keep perspective, taught me how to control my thoughts so that fear did not take over, and provided the ongoing challenge to use those experiences, and others, to improve my character.

I wanted to make available Stoic insights in a form that would engage readers in ways that would help them find peace of mind in whatever challenging situations THEY encounter. That is why I wrote this book.

About the Author
Sweers, Carolyn J.: - Carolyn Sweers grew up on an Iowa farm in the 1950's. It was there that she had her first experiences of the profound truths she tries to describe in this book. These experiences, more than any others, shaped her life and led her to a career as a philosophy student and teacher. This book and others that she has had published recently, have a shared objective: to evoke insight in the reader. She knows from experience the importance of finding what Kierkegaard called "the truth for me." And, she shares the Socratic conviction that people have within them this truth. It simply needs to be evoked. That is what this book attempts to do.