What Is Stoicism?
Campbell, Tanner / Whiting, Kai An easy, jargon-free introduction to Stoicism that covers the full range of Stoic thought in a single compact volume The word stoic has undergone an odd transformation over time. Today, we use it to mean someone who is indifferent to pain or discomfort. In ancient times, however, a Stoic was a member of a philosophical school whose original members gathered in Athens at a painted colonnade — or stoa in Greek. The modern meaning of the word giv...