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Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius are perfect examples of how universally Stoicism can apply to people. One is a roman emperor, one is a freed slave. I'd also reco

Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius are perfect examples of how universally Stoicism can apply to people. One is a roman emperor, one is a freed slave. I'd also recommend Epicurus's writings. Not exactly stoic, but they go hand-in-hand. See: http://classics.mit.edu/Epicurus/menoec.html http://classics.mit.edu/Epicurus/menoec.html

buster 14y ago
On a sidenote i just started to read "The Swerve" which is about how epicurs thoughts (by Lucretius "On the nature of things") were rediscovered at the beginning of the renaissance, until now a great read (and Pullitzer price winner last year, apparently)! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swerve:_How_the_World_Became_Modern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swerve:_How_the_World_Beca...