(NEW YORK) – Much is being written today about the changing characteristics of modern warfare as a consequence of revolutionary technological innovations such as artificial intelligence, unmanned ...
The military has long found inspiration in ancient Stoicism. George Washington, encamped at Valley Forge, allegedly staged a play about the Stoic quasi-sage Cato. Defense Secretary James Mattis told ...
Unlike many of its recent popularisers, ancient Stoic philosophers like Seneca believed all human beings are brothers and sisters — and that the ethical task is to expand the circles of concern so ...
“What if someone told you that much of the suffering in your life was simply due to the way you think about things?” This rhetorical question opens The Pocket Stoic, written by John Sellars and ...
The terms “ancient school of philosophy” and “sweeping the culture” rarely — OK, never — appear in the same sentence, but in recent years, Stoicism, or what some call New Stoicism, has become the ...
Academics have proven that taking part in the ancient philosophy of stoicism does reduce negative emotions, with 94% of participants who took part in the annual Stoic Week event, run by Royal Holloway ...