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

- Massimo Pigliucci

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…

- Massimo Pigliucci

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 …

- Massimo Pigliucci

... 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…

- Massimo Pigliucci

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…

- Massimo Pigliucci

"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 …

- Massimo Pigliucci

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…

- Massimo Pigliucci

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…

- Massimo Pigliucci

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…

- Massimo Pigliucci