The Stoics appear during a huge time of constant wars and real political strife. And it became very popular, I think, because… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
“Most people celebrate the continuity of their existence so passionately that you would swear they chose to exist.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
But you want to know about the influence of books on my life, and as I've said, there was only one. Seneca.… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
“It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“Stoic moral training depends upon the defensibility of these schematic propositions: (a) Rational deliberative power (rational agency) is a defining feature of… — Lawrence C. Becker Copy Share Image
“Here is your great soul—the man who has given himself over to Fate; on the other hand, that man is a weakling… — Seneca Copy Share Image
Stoicism is of no use to me whatsoever. What I'm a big believer in is talking about everything until you're blue in… — David Shields Copy Share Image
