"This important book...is really the first of its kind....There is no doubt that [it] will become a standard work in the literature for some years to come....[and] it will be required reading for anyone working in the fields of ancient ethics and psychology."--The Philosophical Review "The best work in English on the moral psychology of the early Stoics....Detailed and scholarly....An important book for serious studients of Stoic ethics and philosophy of action."--Religious Studies Review "This is a detailed and masterly account of early Stoic psychology and its relation to Stoic ethics...a major contribution which will be indispensable for serious students." --The Classical Review