Parents are embracing the writings of the Stoics to help navigate the challenges of raising a child — especially during today’s pandemic. The parental interest in Stoicism is in part, a response to ...
I’ll never forget the moment a stranger convinced me he could read my mind. It was one of those corporate parties: music too loud, bar lines too long, and conversations full of polite small talk while ...
Loneliness is a common human experience, but Stoic philosophy offers practical ways to cope with it. Drawing on the teachings ...
What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, obviously the roads — the roads go without saying. How about guidance on how to live in the 21st century? That seems less likely, but in fact, the last few ...
The terms “ancient school of philosophy” and “sweeping the culture” rarely — OK, never — appear in the same sentence, but in recent years, Stoicism, or what some call New Stoicism, has become the ...
Seneca’s quote is often attributed to a letter of his from the book The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters, which ...
He was not only ‘the last famous Stoic philosopher,’ but also a Roman emperor.
As we all know, modern society is marked by anxiety disorders, addictions, depression and other mental health problems. Even though we have every information and convenience at the tip of our finger, ...
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