Collection of writings from the ancient things with a general theme around the philosophy of Stoicism
Virtues and vices are within ourselves and our control. The virtues are the only good for the Stoics while vices as the only bad. Everything outside our control is neither good nor bad. These can include death, health, sickness, weather, reputation, and wealth. The Stoics classified indifference as preferred and unfavored. What the modern age defines as good such as wealth, power and fame are what the Stoics called preferred…
Stoicism (capital S) refers to the ancient school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens, Greece. The philosophy provides a framework of thoughts that gives practicing stoics resiliency during challenging situations. On the other hand, stoicism (small s) as defined by Oxford English Dictionary refers to the endurance of pain or hardships without the display of feeling and without complaint. In other words, the former refers to…
The answer to this question can be found in the fifth letter of Seneca to Lucilius. In the later part of the letter, Seneca reminds Lucilius of the pointlessness of hope. For the Stoics, hope is the opium of fear. A lot of our disappointment stems from hoping so much in the future and then we start to feel that things will not go in our way we start to…