Roman Stoicism | Overview, Beliefs & Virtues Lesson Transcript Author Daniel Cole View bio Instructor Max Pfingsten View bio Read about the beliefs of Roman Stoicism. Learn the virtues of Stoicism, who the Stoic philosophers were in the past, and whether or not Stoicism was a religion...
Writers and artists have also been inspired by the stoics. Eugène Delacroix, the renowned French Romantic artist (known best for his paintingLiberty Leading the People) was an ardent Stoic, referring to it as his “consoling religion”. The economist Adam Smith’s theories oncapitalism (Q36)we...
Accepting things that are beyond our control and focusing on what is within our control, which is our own thoughts, beliefs, and actions. Reflecting on the impermanence of life and developing an attitude of detachment towards external things. ...
Links to Stoicism can also be found in cognitive behavioral therapy, with its emphasis on logic and controlling one's thoughts and beliefs. Above all, perhaps, Stoicism is a philosophy that teaches the value of emotional control in living one's life fully. Moral goodness and happiness can be...
Stoic philosophy had many proponents at its height, both in ancient Greece and in ancient Rome. The Stoics faced criticism from other schools of thought, but many of them were willing to accept the beliefs of Stoicism even when they seemed counterintuitive or hard to defend. It is worth notin...
As if the situation wasn’t bad enough, now you must reveal the truth about how it is you can hold such foolish and silly beliefs about tragic events. I believe the cosmos is providentially ordered. You say a little hesitantly. “What?” Tammy shouts! I must not have heard you correctl...
On the reverse, we learn more about the history, beliefs, and practice of Stoicism from its origins to the present day. They can either be read individually or as a continuous essay. Once contemplated, the cards can then be kept or displayed somewhere close at hand as a continual reminder...
Opinions, perceptions, views, beliefs, stories, are all manifestations of how our mind adapts to the stimuli of the environment. Sometimes they are true and sometimes they are untrue. One can’t control the extent to which truth is being spoken by others. But one can certainly control the ...
Take some time to consider your relationship with the divine in your Stoic practice. This does not entail any mystical beliefs or religious ceremonies. As Stoic scholar A.A. Long points out: Conformity to God and imitation of God are expressions that [Epictetus] uses in characterizing human exc...
Virtue is one of the most central ideas of stoicism. Stoics believe that virtue is the key to achieving true happiness, oreudaimonia, which is the... Learn more about this topic: Cynic, Epicurean & Stoic Philosophies | Overview & Examples ...