Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Web communities have helped the ancient philosophy of Stoicism find fans in a new generation. utah778/iStock via Getty Images Plus ...

The Stoic revival has picked up pace in recent years, with people looking for something more substantial than the material hedonism that has come to fill the space vacated by the retreat of organised ...

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Matthew Sharpe works for Deakin University. He is part of an AR-funded grant on modern reinventions of the ancient idea of philosophy as a way of life, and is presently working on a book on a ...

(The Conversation) — Stoicism isn’t just a set of ideas; it’s meant to be put into practice. The ancient philosophy is finding new fans through online communities. Perhaps it’s not so surprising. The ...

While it is possible to fail in many ways, it is possible to succeed in one way only, which is why the one is easy and the other is difficult. By the same token, men may be bad in many ways, but good ...