![]() How to be steadfast, and strong, and in control of yourself. It sets out to remind us of how unpredictable the world can be. Stoicism has just a few central teachings. ![]() With this in mind, here is a synopsis of what I found most helpful from the website’s section on ‘ What Is Stoicism?’: Likewise, its exploration of Stoicism brings to light aspects of Modern Stoicism that I have found everywhere in my search such as tranquility, self-help, and, above all, reason. Whether we will look back on the Stoic bloggers and authors of today and see them as an actual movement, remains to be seen.Ī Google search for Modern Stoicism yields many results, but I quickly focused on the site “The Daily Stoic.” I start with this website’s description of Stoicism because I feel that the website may be something of a model for other sites-it is referenced by Tim Ferris and has 106K followers on Facebook. I use the term Modern Stoicism as do others such as Tim Ferriss, but I have capitalized the “m” in modern to clarify my intention to talk about a modern movement. My goal is to explore a cultural definition of Stoicism. ![]() ![]() To be clear, in this essay I am not interested in Stoicism in academic terms. As more and more acquaintances from all points of view (liberal and conservative) turned out to like the Stoics, I realized that this movement was less about philosophy than about mental training or something close to it. A couple years later the same thing happened with another acquaintance. “How interesting” I thought when I saw the book “Maybe the classics have made a comeback.” But had they? Not exactly. I cannot recall what book had me engrossed, but I do remember that when I glanced over at my cousin reclining on a swinging chair nearby I saw the Oxford edition of Marcus Aurelius’ Writings on his lap. ![]() Somehow my cousin and I had both found ourselves outside on my aunt’s patio reading our books. A few years ago, I first became cognizant of the widespread appeal of stoicism in modern culture at a family reunion. ![]()
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