Category: Ethics

Next follows an exposition of the difference between things; for if we maintained that all things were absolutely indifferent, the whole of life would be thrown into confusion, as it is by Aristo, and no …

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and …

Let us be brave in the face of adversity. Seneca The past few weeks, we have been examining the four primary Stoic Virtues. We previously discussed Wisdom and Justice. We continue our exploration of the …

In my previous two posts, I discussed the Four Virtues of Stoicism in general and then examined Wisdom in a little more detail. This post focuses on another of the Virtues: Justice. Justice lies at …

In a previous post, we discussed the Four Virtues of Stoicism – Wisdom, Justice, Courage, and Self-Control. This post and the next three will focus on each of the Four Virtues in more detail, beginning …

If, at some point in your life, you should come across anything better than justice, prudence, self-control, courage—than a mind satisfied that it has succeeded in enabling you to act rationally, and satisfied to accept …