When you need words of encouragement, you may not immediately think of quotes from Stoic philosophers. After all, being stoic evokes thoughts of calm without emotion. However, Stoicism, the ancient ...

Web communities have helped the ancient philosophy of Stoicism find fans in a new generation. utah778/iStock via Getty Images Plus Stoicism may be having a renaissance. For centuries, the ancient ...

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Today many Americans are experiencing despair about climate change, the new surge in COVID-19 and the uncertain future of our democracy. The best way to cope with these “afflictions of the spirit,” ...

The latest scroll to emerge from the ash of Vesuvius does not tidy up Stoicism so much as complicate it, by setting a rival philosophy’s private doubts alongside the public ideal of unshakable virtue.

For nearly two millennia, a library entombed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius remained silent. Among its shelves—now carbonized into fragile, inky cylinders—lay a scroll so blackened it appeared ...

(The Conversation) — Stoicism isn’t just a set of ideas; it’s meant to be put into practice. The ancient philosophy is finding new fans through online communities. Perhaps it’s not so surprising. The ...

Stoicism may be having a renaissance. For centuries, the ancient philosophy that originated in Greece and spread across the Roman Empire was more or less treated as extinct – with the word “stoic” ...