During this period of instability, including the fall of the Roman Republic, Stoicism helped its practitioners find community ...

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The ancient Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus was born into slavery but his study of Stoicism made him a free man who became very influential.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Stoicism saw a major resurgence as people tried to search for meaning in tough times. The philosophy focuses on 4 types of virtue, wisdom, temperance, courage ...

And an increase in the awareness that life has meaning.” Brittany Polat, the U.S. founder of the NGO Stoicare, says that, in ...

This trend also mirrors a broader search for meaning in a fragmented world. As traditional support systems—like religion or community—wane, Stoicism offers a secular, self-directed path to ...