"Some things are up to us and some are not up to us." This thought, from the ancient philosopher Epictetus, is one of the foundational aspects of Stoicism. The things that are up to us are inside ...

You may well know someone — you, perhaps? — who is stoic, epicurean, skeptical or cynical. That’s because these four adjectives represent philosophical and psychological shortcuts for coping ...

While Stoicism and Epicureanism are more complex than a simple statement can explain, his basic idea is sound. A “stoic” is a person (nation) who can bear hardship and pain, ...

Epicureans and Stoics are encouraged to focus their attention on different aspects of life—and death. Epicurus’s philosophy suggested that we should think intently about happiness, ...

Explaining an ancient philosophic system—one often caricatured or oversimplified—and applying its lessons to the minutiae of daily life.

Why Epicureanism, not Stoicism, is the philosophy we need now. Philosophers have warned against pleasure since Plato, but Epicurean principles can be the basis of a humane politics aimed at security ...

Stoicism was one of ancient Greece's philosophical movements founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC ...

Selfishness, Stoicism, and Epicureanism A philosophical flaw Posted November 13, 2016. Share. Tweet. Email. Source: K.G.Hawes, CCL "Some things are up to us and some are not up to us." ...