writings from the ancient things with a central theme around how to obtain peace of mind
The Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius said “Just do the right thing. The rest does not matter”. But what is it for us to do the right thing? Forget about divine intervention and rewarding the virtuous in the afterlife. We will make our way philosophically - in other words, use reason instead of faith to justify our answers.1. Peace of Mind …
One of the techniques used by ancient Stoics to build inner peace is to know what things you can and can’t control. When troubled by thoughts or emotions from a circumstance, Stoics evaluates if they can influence a particular situation or not. If they do, they will take full responsibility into it and if not there is no reason to even think about it and just left it to the gods and nature. The sphere of…