The literal translation of “philosopher” from the Greek is a “lover of wisdom”. In other words, a philosopher is just someone who loves to learn how to live. Stoic philosopher Epictetus says that you must train and learn a lot about how to live to get good at living. Any philosophy is then a matter […]
Stoicism is often defined by two fundamental ideas. Firstly, a person must differentiate between what they can and cannot control. Secondly, the key to happiness does not come from external things. In other words, to live a truly Stoic life, a person must accept the world as it is. Our world is facing the biggest […]
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I love wisdom, whether it’s diving deep with an author in a great book, or simply reading a short quote in the morning that I can reflect on throughout the day. If you follow Stoic by design on social media you may have noticed some of the videos we produce, packed with bite-sized nuggets of […]
Cato the Younger is famous for the influence he had on the politics of early Rome. This influence had its basis in Cato’s strong Stoic affinity. He was a rare example of a politician who didn’t just talk relentlessly but advertised his causes through action in his way of doing business and his way of […]
Zeno of Citium (c. 335 – 262 B.C) was a Greek philosopher active in Athens from about 300 B.C. He is considered the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy. Zeno’s philosophy was more of a middle way between the Cynics’ rejection of society and the Stoics’ obsession with duty. We have created an epic […]
‘Businesses are spending all this money on this place called the office, and they’re making people go to it all the time, yet people don’t do work in the office. What is that about?’ It is what Jason Fried had to say about office culture and productivity. Jason Fried is the co-founder of 37signals, creators […]
Epictetus was a Greek philosopher during the 1st and early 2nd centuries C.E. He was a strong advocate of Stoic ethics and was renowned for his consistent and powerful ethical thought as well as his effective methods of teaching. He was mainly concerned with self-management, integrity, and personal freedom. He would advocate those requirements to […]
In this book summary, we cover the key themes from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, a unique book as it is perhaps the only book of its kind ever to have been written as a personal journal rather than destined to be a published book. Inside, it contains the private thoughts of the world’s most powerful […]
Seneca’s full name was Lucius Annaeus Seneca. He was a stoic philosopher and rhetorician and one of the first stoics with a considerable literary heritage available for us to study. He was born over 2,000 years ago in Spain as the son of Seneca, the Elder. We have created an epic collection of the best […]
