Right Thing, Right Now: Goodness to Greatness

不走捷徑的人生，更走得遠：Ryan Holiday暢銷「斯多葛美德」系列
《紐約時報》暢銷系列的最新作品，探討「正直」所帶來的改變人生之力。

只要我們選擇做正確的事，其餘的一切——幸福、成功、意義、聲譽與愛——終將隨之而來。
這正是斯多葛哲學的核心信念。這條道路或許不輕鬆，卻不可或缺；相反地，選擇走捷徑，只會通往怯懦與愚行。

在其暢銷的「斯多葛美德」系列第三部中，Ryan Holiday 深入探討「正直」在美好人生中所扮演的關鍵角色。
從堅守原則的典範人物，如 Ulysses S. Grant 與 Marcus Aurelius，到因良知失衡而付出代價的警世案例——Napoleon Bonaparte 與 F. Scott Fitzgerald——本書揭示了堅守信念、言行一致的力量，以及良知失序所帶來的風險。

良知、正義感，是我們最初、也是最後的力量。它可以被鍛鍊、被磨礪、被強化，但最重要的是——我們絕不能失去它。
本書正是一本行動指南，帶領讀者學會如何守住良知，並在現實世界中，活出正直的人生。

If we do what is right, everything else will follow: happiness, success, meaning, reputation, love. This is central to Stoic wisdom. The path isn't always easy, but it is essential, and the alternative - taking the easy route - leads only to cowardice and folly.

In the third book in his bestselling Stoic Virtues series, Ryan Holiday explores the crucial role that integrity plays in every good life. From pillars of upright living like Ulysses S. Grant and Marcus Aurelius, to the cautionary tales of Napoleon and F. Scott Fitzgerald, this book shows us the power of owning our convictions and acting in accordance with our beliefs - and the perils of an ill-formed conscience.

Our conscience, our sense of justice, is our first and our last strength: we can train it, hone it and fortify it, but above all, we must never lose it. This book shows us how.