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Off topic: When you say "modern stoicism", do you mean applying classical stoic principles to modern life or are there certain books, authors, or websites that
by lemonberry 10y ago
Off topic: When you say "modern stoicism", do you mean applying classical stoic principles to modern life or are there certain books, authors, or websites that offer a modern interpretation of classical stoicism you're referring to?
A quick search yielded this site: http://modernstoicism.com http://modernstoicism.com. Any other references would be appreciated.
- 5_minutes 10y agohttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29093292-the-daily-stoic http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29093292-the-daily-stoic This is just a really good book. Get the hardcover version, so it feels a bit like a bible :)
- secstate 10y agoBasically, yes. Classical stoicism applied to modern life, with concessions made where needed to adapt to reality. Thankfully, ancient stoics were quite avant garde in many of their social norms, so it doesn't have be modified as much you might thing. Musionus Rufus makes a damn good argument for the intellectual equality of men and women, in the first century after the purported birth of Christ.