Introduction

Stoicism is a philosophy of life that emphasizes the importance of virtue, reason, and living in accordance with nature. It was founded in ancient Greece by Zeno of Citium around 300 BC. It became popular in the Roman Empire when...

Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy that was founded by Zeno of Citium, in Athens, in the early 3rd century BC.
It is an ancient tool for remaining calm in adversity, a philosophical framework, useful in providing an ethical scaffold for both everyday life and in times of difficulty...

• Stoicism originated in Athens with Zeno of Citium, around 300B.C.
• Stoic philosophy is centered on a metaphysical principle: that reality is governed by logos and that what happens is necessary.
• For Stoicism, the goal of human philos...