Who Is Cleanthes? Successor to Zeno & Second Head of the Stoic School
INTRODUCTION Famous writers like Trollope and Kafka were known to live dual lives: comfortable, dull jobs during the day and writing the rest of the time. Trollope was working at a post office and Kafka was at an insurance company working jobs that require little mental stimulation that allowed them...
Integrity Has No Need Of Rules
"If it is not RIGHT do not do it; If it is not TRUE do not say it" - Marcus Aurelius One word we do not hear from the Stoics, is integrity. They saw it as part of being human - part of being virtuous. I am not sure of...
The Role Of Positive Emotions In Stoicism: An Interview With Professor Christopher Gill
Professor Christopher Gill is one of the most prominent members in the Stoicism community. His most recent books are Marcus Aurelius Meditations Books 1-6, translated with an introduction and commentary as well as Naturalistic Psychology in Galen and Stoicism but this is just a small glimpse into his impressive and...
A New Stoicism: An Interview With Professor Lawrence C. Becker
Professor Lawrence C. Becker is one of the academic titans that we are incredibly honored to have the chance to interview. He is the author of A New Stoicism and he takes the time to walk us through what ‘new’ in the title means and what were his aims with...
The Definitive List of Stoicism in History & Pop Culture
As Stoicism has seen a cultural resurgence we wanted to compile a list of the people who have embraced or admired the philosophy and in the process explain why many of them have embraced it and found within it a tool in the pursuit of self-mastery, perseverance, and wisdom: something...
The Complex Life and Character of Seneca: An Interview with James Romm
I was initially too nervous to read James Romm’s review of The Daily Stoic in the Wall Street Journal. I have trouble reading anything about me. Too uncomfortable to look, I sent James a quick email to tell him what an honor it is to have him review anything I’ve...
Fear Is A Friend Of Exceptional People
“I believe a man is a professional when he can do what needs to be done no matter how he feels within. An amateur is an amateur in his attitude emotionally. A professional is a professional in the way he thinks and feels and in his ability to execute under...
Stoic Exercise for Mental Fitness: An Interview With William Ferraiolo
William Ferraiolo’s forthcoming book, Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure: Stoic Exercise for Mental Fitness (late 2017), came across our radars recently as it was blurbed by no other than Massimo Pigliucci. We immediately reached out to Bill to ask for an interview so he could tell us more both about...
28 Books On Stoicism: The (Hopefully) Ultimate Reading List
This is a guest post by Hristo Vassilev. If you’d like to contribute to The Daily Stoic, please get in touch. The best part about Stoicism is that you can go to the primary texts, read them and feel like they were written yesterday, not 2000 years ago. You can pick...
How To Be A Stoic: An Interview With Author Elif Batuman
There’s been quite a surge of stories on Stoicism lately—appearing everywhere from influential blogs to prestigious outlets like Sports Illustrated, New York Times, The Guardian and The Atlantic. One of the pieces that caught our attention was "How to Be a Stoic" in The New Yorker. It’s by Elif Batuman,...
