About The Way, Vol. I – Practical Poetry Inspired by Stoicism
This volume of 31 poems was written as reflections on and considerations of traditional Stoicism. Topics range from morality, community and the cosmos to vexation, vicissitudes and death.
The spirit of this book is that of reference and encouragement – whether read as one poem each day or all in one sitting, its goal is to show one’s life as a part of a larger whole which extends beyond humanity, to inspire progress instead of perfection, and to embolden the reader to improve their moral character daily.
The Way, Vol. I was written while taking inspiration from the discourses of Epictetus, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Letters and On Anger by Seneca, the philosophy of Chrysippus, as well as analyses of these and a few other works. Each poem is a compilation of 7 haikus covering one topic collectively.
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Gunther is a human spending each day trying to be a better person than the day before. He does everything in his power to be a benefit to those around him – both familiar and otherwise – with the hope that he fills his role in life staying in agreement with cosmic nature. He’s married to best person he could be married to – Dorothy – and lives in a little home in Lakewood, WA with two black cats – Cygnus and Sagittarius – named after black holes because of course they are.