Author

Books by William Irvine

William B. Irvine is a professor of philosophy at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He has written several books applying philosophical ideas to everyday life, including On Desire: Why We Want What We Want and A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt and Why They Shouldn't. A Guide to the Good Life, published in 2008, became one of the most widely read popular introductions to Stoicism and sparked considerable renewed interest in the ancient tradition. Irvine has described his own Stoic practice as something he arrived at through academic study and found genuinely useful before it became fashionable.