Epictetus, a famous Stoic philosopher, taught us to distinguish between what we can control and what we cannot. By recognising that we cannot control our fate or life’s challenges, we can focus ...

The United States’ current political climate has parallels to the last few centuries B.C. in ancient Rome, home of notable Stoics like the the philosopher Epictetus, a former slave, and the ...

Accepting this was, according to Epictetus, one of the keys to inner ... author Donald Robertson has detailed the parallels between Stoic philosophy and CBT. For Sellars, the abundant literature ...

Stoicism, a school of thought born ... and later popularized by Roman thinkers such as Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, the philosophy emphasizes rationality, self-discipline, and emotional ...

Stoics would say that there is no “good ... In the words of Greek philosopher Epictetus, “It’s not things that upset us, it’s our judgement about things.” There’s no problem so ...

wp:paragraph --> The ancient Stoics knew this ... and hold opinions the opposite of what we should. — Epictetus, Discourses, 2.9.13-14 ...