The Meaning of Stoic Perception in Ryan Holiday‘s The Obstacle is the Way (2014): An American Transcendentalist Reading.
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Date
2022
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Mouloud Mammeri University OF Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
The current dissertation has examined the transcendentalist vision of stoic perception in Ryan
Holiday’s The obstacle is the way (2014). The aim from this research is to point out major
obstacles to perception that stand on the way of success and self-improvement such as
powerlessness, emotion and subjectivity, as well as to analyze Holiday’s redefinition of
modern stoicism in the light of traditional American culture and thought. In order to reach this
aim, a focused attention has been put on stoicism, the American transcendentalist philosophy
and the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self-reliance (1841). These three important concepts
emphasized on the importance of the individual and self-discipline to attain a good perception
and to reach success.
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55p. ; 30cm.(+CD-Rom)
Keywords
American transcendentalist reading, Emotion, Modern stoicism, Powerlessness, Self-reliance, Stoic perception, Subjectivity
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Literature and Civilization