Sounds like Stoicism. Read the "Enchiridion" http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html A lot of ancient k

Sounds like Stoicism. Read the "Enchiridion" http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html A lot of ancient knowledge got recorded in the past, but they used papyrus or stone tablets. They didn't quite manage to get it published electronically. So every few years we modern people wonder if Google or Hacker News can tell us how to be happy and sane.