What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, obviously the roads—the roads go without saying. How about guidance for how to live in the 21st century? That seems less likely, but in fact the last few ...
The Stoic “trick” to getting people to chase you is simple: stop chasing anyone. Instead, build your inner fortress — ...
The practice of Stoicism has been helpful to countless people for the past 2,000 years. One of the simple but powerful ideas of the Stoics is that your ultimate well-being does not depend on forces ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Each night as I put my three-year-old son to bed we read our books, we sing our songs, and I tell ...
This video explores Stoic laws of emotional control that transform how others perceive you — especially those who once ...
What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, obviously the roads — the roads go without saying. How about guidance on how to live in the 21st century? That seems less likely, but in fact, the last few ...
On October 1, 2018, academics at Royal Holloway will be starting its annual Stoic Week and are asking people in the UK and beyond to join in and find their inner peace. The idea behind the week is to ...
The emperor Augustus commissioned Virgil to write the Aeneid, which came to be regarded as the foundational myth or national epic of Rome, and Virgil’s finest work. The poem tells the story of Aeneas, ...
Men are expected to be tough guys even when they are hurting, but the "sucking it up" approach does not provide healing; genuine connection, compassion and courage do.
These sorts of profiles often include what the subject ate at lunch with the writer. That narrative crutch isn’t available to me, because when I reached out to Massimo Pigliucci, he told me that, yes, ...
In this podcast, Motley Fool producer Ricky Mulvey and Motley Fool contributor Brian Stoffel serve up an introduction to stoicism, and why philosophers from a few thousand years ago have practical ...