Beginning on Monday, October 17, Bates will participate in Stoic Week 2016, an online, international event dedicated to living like a stoic philosopher for a week. The theme for this year is stoicism ...

Academics have proven that taking part in the ancient philosophy of stoicism does reduce negative emotions, with 94% of participants who took part in the annual Stoic Week event, run by Royal Holloway ...

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 ...

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Which of these statements is true? Stoicism is useful only in times of great difficulty. Zest is the quality found to be most associated with practicing Stoicism. Stoics repress emotions. After just a ...

I found myself last year in a Holiday Inn in Toronto surrounded by Stoics. It was Stoicon 2017, and for an entire autumn Saturday, I and 400 other fans of this ancient Greek philosophy sought to bring ...

Ancient Greek philosophy has been enjoying a renaissance of interest and analysis of late. One of the largest Facebook groups for beginners with an interest in the field, “Stoicism,” boasts 225,000 ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, obviously the roads—the roads go without saying. How about guidance for how ...