Given the power and influence that science increasingly has in our daily lives, it is important that we as citizens of an open and democratic society….

If you are a Christian, you can still practice Stoicism and think of the Logos as the Word of God. If you are a secular person, an agnostic or an ath….

"Fate permitting" is a standard Stoic phrase meant to remind ourselves that planning things is up to us, but the ultimate outcomes are not under our ….

Often we can change things, and a realistic attitude - including envisioning worse case scenarios - actually helps to accomplish that change. But if ….

I don't see any Stoic practice as problematic or risky, but I would advise to engage in extreme versions of the negative visualization exercise only ….

Death itself is a natural occurrence, it is unavoidable, and the Stoics thought that part of philosophical practice is to get comfortable with the un….

... it is because one can build a compelling set of arguments - informed by science and thoroughly compatible with it - that to believe in anything d….

The downside of skepticism: it can easily turn into an arrogant position of a priori rejection of any new phenomenon or idea, a position that is as l….

There are clearly people for whom Stoicism immediately "clicks," it comes natural, and others for whom it doesn't. Then again, Stoicism isn't the onl….

The Stoic discipline of action, which is connected to the virtue of justice, says that we ought to treat others fairly and we should engage in social….

I can't speak for others, but I find the fundamental idea that a life worth living is one during which one strives every day to become a better perso….

In my mind, there is no reason why Stoicism shouldn't become as popular as Buddhism, especially in the Western world, where the dominant culture, Chr….

The Stoics thought that a fundamental insight into human life is that some things are up to us and others are not, the famous dichotomy of control. U….

What the world needs is more compassion; love in the broad sense, and use of practical reason to solve human problems. What it needs less is ideologi….

We still live in a world of such gross injustice and inequality, that only privileged people like ourselves can afford to think of eros and art as to….

I believe Stoicism can help anyone who takes it seriously and begins to practice it. It will help them flourish because it will provide them with a c….

If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all..