This Stoic lesson reveals how true peace comes when we release rigid thoughts, detach our identity from desires, and act ...

Why restricting yourself to “acceptable” emotions leads to burnout—and how Stoic awareness widens your emotional range.

Members of a brainy movement across the pond are reviving ancient stoic thought and coupling it with modern psychology to strengthen mental resilience. Their ideas hold fascinating promise for ...

Today, leaders and aspiring leaders face unprecedented levels of upheaval. Navigating career turbulence requires a deeper understanding of the human operating system, so that you can show up at your ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User’s Manual, by Ward Farnsworth (David R. Godine): It is curious that two ...

On Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, we see the world through the eyes of Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom), a woman raised by musical theater, a self-centered single mom, and an abandonment complex. But the people who ...

Matthew Sharpe works for Deakin University. He is part of an AR-funded grant on modern reinventions of the ancient idea of philosophy as a way of life, and is presently working on a book on a ...

(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 ...