Tradition
Stoicism
Era · ~300 BCE — presentRegion · Greece → Rome → global revival
A Greco-Roman philosophy that locates the good life in virtue — accepting what we cannot control, governing what we can, and aligning the will with the rational order (logos) of nature.
Core beliefs
- 01Virtue is the only true good.
- 02The dichotomy of control: act on what is up to you; release the rest.
- 03Logos pervades all of nature — humans share in it through reason.
- 04Death is natural, not evil.
Practices
- Premeditatio malorum (negative visualization)
- Daily journaling
- View from above (cosmic perspective)
- Apatheia (freedom from disturbing passions)
Key figures
- · Zeno of Citium
- · Epictetus
- · Marcus Aurelius
- · Seneca
Bridges to other traditions
- Logos (Stoic) ↔ Logos (Johannine) ↔ Tao
- Apatheia ↔ equanimity ↔ vairagya
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