The Stoic Magazine Library

Stoic writings are full of strategies to cope with hardships, anger, fear, and other negative emotions. There are many reasons for this. For instance, many Stoics lived under tyranncial rulers. Anyone could be arbitrarily killed or exiled. There was widespread slavery and poverty.

With this issue of THE STOIC, we start our fifth year of publication.

Stoic quotes for every day of the month

Stoicism is highly therapeutic; the therapeutic component of Stoicism is well recognized. Modern therapies like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and REBT are influenced by Stoic principles. Stoicism is used to mitigate the effects of PTSD.

Brittany Polat. Journal Like a Stoic
Published by Zeitgeist, 2022. 224 pages.
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Last weekend I went on a day trip to Spain. As I was looking around Granada, I came across a restaurant/sidewalk cafe with an interesting name: Memento Mori. ‘Memento mori’ or ‘remember death’ is a favourite motto of many Stoics.

Tim LeBon (with Kasey Pierce). 365 Ways to be More Stoic Published by John Murray, 2022. 336 pages.

Seen on the street

Yesterday, I received an email from my friend who had earlier challenged me on the need to have a magazine like THE STOIC.

When people face extreme situations, there is a body of evidence to show that Stoicism helps.

All we have is this pain we are suffering now and even that will not last long. There is no need to saddle ourselves with imagainary scenarios that can only add to our pain.

Stoic quotes for every day of the month