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Stephen Hanselman

Stephen Hanselman has worked for over three decades in publishing as a bookseller, publisher, and literary agent. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, he founded LevelFiveMedia, a literary agency, in August 2005. He is the co-author of The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living, written with Ryan Holiday, for which he translated 366 Stoic passages from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, and others.
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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living is a rigorously structured daily devotional that brings Stoic philosophy into the rhythms of contemporary life, debuting on both the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists — the latter ranking it as high as #2 overall and keeping it there for eleven weeks — and has since sold more than two million copies.

Reviewed Apr 3, 2026

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Marcus Aurelius

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic provides sustained reading from the Stoic canon, offering the practical letters featured in Hanselman's daily meditations.
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