Zeno of Citium, influenced by Socrates and the Cynics, developed Stoic philosophy to cultivate virtue and achieve tranquillity in an unpredictable world. The Stoics believed that true happiness ...

The original Stoic was Zeno: the name comes from the ... Nero and ended up committing suicide at his behest, translated the philosophy into the practice of knowing yourself and transforming ...

If we are consumed with worry that the political situation will end in annexation, we have ceded all the power; if we find ...

The ancient Stoic philosophers are often dismissed as joyless and boring intellectuals. But the Stoics were very interested in the pursuit of things like happiness and success; they merely pursued ...

Stoics would say that there is no “good” or “bad”, only our own perception. We choose how we feel about any given event, thing or person. We decide that something is a setback versus a ...