What Stoicism Is NOT: The School Of Oatmeal
By Kai Whiting and Allan John The Stoic founder Zeno of Citium held that excellent character must be the guiding light for your interactions with other people and the world…
By Kai Whiting and Allan John The Stoic founder Zeno of Citium held that excellent character must be the guiding light for your interactions with other people and the world…
Henry Manampiring is the author of Filosofi Teras (Philosophy from the Porch) and through his book has played a huge role in introducing Stoicism to his home country of Indonesia.…
Still you are indignant and complain, and you don’t understand that in all the evils to which you refer, there is really only one – that you are indignant and…
Kai Whiting is a researcher and lecturer in sustainability and Stoicism based at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. With his co-author Leonidas Konstantakos, Kai wrote the excellent book Being…
To mark the 1900th birthday of Marcus Aurelius, Modern Stoicism ran a competition which challenged readers to write a short tribute to the great Stoic Emperor in 250 words or…
One of my favourite follows on Twitter is the @OptimoPrincipi account, which is run by Gareth Harney. Through his captivating posts, Gareth shares his interest in Ancient Rome to his…
Following the success of Stoicon 2020 as an online event, Modern Stoicism have gone on to organise further virtual conferences which have proven just as popular. The Marcus Aurelius birthday…
In the interests of doing the right thing, there are times when you can’t ignore a situation. Courage and Justice are two of the four Stoic virtues, after all. They…
We tend to gravitate towards those who are doing well. We revere those who are currently winning - business owners, sports coaches and players, authors, actors. We fantasize about being…
You lose your job. A relationship ends. That thing you had high hopes for falls flat. Something, anything, goes wrong. “Ugh, just my luck.” You wonder, “Why does it always…