The Dichotomy of Control, and What the Gita Said First Epictetus, a freed Roman slave who became one of the most quoted Stoic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A statue of Marcus Aurelius at Brown University. Aurelius wrote one of the best books about stoicism. Stoicism books explain this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jack Kelly covers career growth, job market and workplace trends. Stoicism encourages people to focus on what they can control and ...

A phrase written two thousand years ago explains why a small setback can ruin an entire day and what to do about it.

Why are the Stoics’ ideas so popular today – is it self-help, or a lurking machismo? On 9 September 1965, during the war between Vietnam and the US, James Stockdale, an American fighter pilot, ...

It's about teaching young people to think for themselves By Jules Evans Stoicism has had a huge influence on European thought. It was the de facto religion of the Roman ruling class, and included ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User’s Manual, by Ward Farnsworth (David R. Godine): It is curious that two ...

Donald Robertson’s latest book is How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. Recently, a bartender in Nova Scotia showed me a quote from the Roman emperor Marcus ...

The first-century Stoic philosopher and teacher Epictetus was an enslaved person who succeeded in getting an education and, eventually, his freedom. Images of freedom, slavery and self-belonging ...