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The story of Pseudo-Seneca

Video chat: James Romm on Seneca

Facing old age and death: a study in contrasts

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Aristotle and the ultimate good

How to tell a joke with Cicero and Quintilian

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Epicurus and the three kinds of pleasures

From ancient to new Stoicism: VII—Some modest suggestions

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Epictetus on what is or is not reasonable

The Columnist and the Dog: a tale of two ascetics

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From ancient to new Stoicism: VI—Steven Gambardella’s new modern Stoicism

Love, kindness, … and Stoicism?

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From ancient to new Stoicism: V—Piotr Stankiewicz’s Reformed Stoicism

Profiles in skepticism: Sextus Empiricus

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From ancient to new Stoicism: IV—Becker’s update

Stoicism and beauty

Video chat: Peter Adamson on Ancient and Hellenistic philosophy

From ancient to new Stoicism: III—Stoic ethics

The problem with presentism

E-book: 24 Stoic Spiritual Exercises

From ancient to new Stoicism: II—Stoic logic

Should we be moral skeptics?

Video chat: Tony Long on Epictetus

From ancient to new Stoicism: I—Stoic physics

Oh no! Am I a reductionist??

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Profiles in skepticism: Cicero

Should we be skeptical of religion?

Video chat: Robin Waterfield on Plato

How to give with Seneca

A visit to the Cryptozoology Museum

The School for a New Stoicism

Plato on knowledge vs inspiration

Going to the Stoic Mind Gym

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Cicero on the fact that death doesn’t deprive us of anything

Timon’s three questions

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Aristotle on the three kinds of happy life

How to think about God with Cicero

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Epicurus on death and the gods

What’s your ikigai?

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Epictetus on dying or having lunch

Should we not be disturbed by the death of a loved one?

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Plato on the nature of poetry

How to keep your cool with Seneca

E-book: Stoicism and Emotion

Aristotle on the precision of our inquiries

The crucial question of burden of proof

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Cicero on the nature of the soul

The fertile garden of philosophy

E-book: Toward a New Stoicism

Epictetus on how to react to events

How to think about war with Thucydides

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Plato on the value of poetry

The unfortunate devolution of four crucial words

E-book: Philosophy as a Way of Life

Epicurus on why we should study philosophy

In defense of Seneca

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Cicero on whether we should be afraid of being dead

How to be a friend with Cicero

Aristotle on happiness as the ultimate good

Odysseus and Dante

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Epictetus on the faculty of reason

Odysseus and the Epicureans

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How to talk to your emotions

Odysseus and the Stoics

The three rules of Stoic Club

Odysseus and the Cynics

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Stoic cosmopolitanism

Protagoras: should we re-evaluate the Sophists?

Secular pilgrimages

How to win an argument with Cicero

What should we do with a tyrant?

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The three stages of philosophical therapy

Tracking Plato and Cicero in Syracuse

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Marcus Aurelius’ Ten “Commandments” to Himself

The hedonic treadmill vs the eudaimonic staircase

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How to grow old with Cicero

Dealing with insults, the Stoic way

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Telic vs atelic activities and the meaning of life

Vita Dulcis: fear and desire in the Roman Empire

Do extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence?

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On the objectivity of ethical judgments

How to run a country with Cicero

Prosochē or not prosochē? On Stoic mindfulness

Heraclitus and Stoicism

How to win an election with Quintus T. Cicero

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Profiles in skepticism: Carneades

The neuroscience and philosophy of evil

How to be a bad emperor with Suetonius

The two reasons I left Christianity

On Ayn Rand and Aristotle

How to be content with Horace

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ChatGPT, the ultimate sophist?

I very much doubt the universe thinks

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How to tell a story with Aristotle

Five questions that will change your life

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How to evaluate a philosophical theory

How to die with Seneca

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Profiles in skepticism: Arcesilaus, founder of the Skeptic Academy

What would change my mind about God?

The varieties of bad Stoicism

There’s no such thing as a happy nihilist

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Be a Stoic like Epictetus

How to grieve with Pseudo-Cicero

Scientific facts, scientific theories, and dishonest legislators

Five insights about character

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How to say no with Diogenes and the Cynics

Birthday meditation on death

Profiles in skepticism: Pyrrho

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How to drink with Obsopoeus

What does it mean to live according to nature?

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