What the Stoics did for us

Could a 2,300-year-old Graeco-Roman philosophy be the key to a happy 21st-century life?

"Stoic theory embraces the humanist emphasis on an ethical life, but also directly justifies our interests in both metaphysics and natural sciences (“physics”) as well as philosophy and social science (“logic”). They all come together in a satisfyingly coherent package...

Could a 2,300-year-old Graeco-Roman philosophy be the key to a happy 21st-century life?

"Stoic theory embraces the humanist emphasis on an ethical life, but also directly justifies our interests in both metaphysics and natural sciences (“physics”) as well as philosophy and social science (“logic”). They all come together in a satisfyingly coherent package...