Nancy Sherman is a New York Times Notable Author and sought-after speaker. Her latest book is Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience. She is also the author of Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of our Soldiers; The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of our Soldiers a New York Times Editors' pick; Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy Behind the Military Mind; Making a Necessity of Virtue: Aristotle and Kant on Virtue; The Fabric of Character: Aristotle's Theory of Virtue, and the editor of Critical Essays on the Classics: Aristotle's Ethics. She has written over 60 articles in the area of ethics, military ethics, the history of moral philosophy, ancient ethics, emotions, moral psychology, and psychoanalysis. She has delivered over 60 named or keynote lectures and plenary addresses here and abroad. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a Guggenheim Fellow. She holds many other prestigious awards.
Why the Ancient Philosophy of Stoicism is Having a Modern Revival
–On Point, WBUR (NPR)
"A Life of Learning" address at Spring Convocation (Timestamp 48)
Georgetown Faculty at Spring Convocation
Nancy Sherman gives "A Life of Learning" address to the Georgetown Faculty at Spring Convocation.
FEATURED:
Renowned Georgetown Ethicist Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
If You’re Reading Stoicism for Life Hacks, You’re Missing the Point
A Crack in the Stoic’s Armor
PRAISE FOR STOIC WISDOM
"Sherman applies Stoicism where it is most needed–for our warriors and working people alike–and helps them become better and more resilient."
—Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Daily Stoic and Stillness is the Key
Stoicism is the ideal philosophy of life for those seeking calm in times of stress and uncertainty. For many, it has become the new Zen, with meditation techniques that help us face whatever life throws our way. Indeed, the Stoics address a key question of our time: how can we be masters of our fate when the outside world threatens to unmoor our well-being?
Podcasts/VIdeo
2019 McCain Conference: "Moral Injury and Resilience through a Stoic Lens"
Nancy Sherman writes about the souls of our soldiers and the wounds that are deeply hidden.
—Brigadier General (Ret) Stephen N. Xenakis
PRAISE FOR AFTERWAR
“Afterwar brilliantly explores the moral and philosophical complexities of homecomings for modern veterans, the largest reintegration of servicemembers back into society since Vietnam. This is an urgently necessary book--once a moving account of individual veterans' stories and a powerful examination of our collective obligations toward those who fought in our name.”
—Phil Klay, author of Redeployment
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