Stoic Wisdom for Times of Chaos

When the world is scary, find comfort in the teachings of philosophers who knew how to handle a crisis

George J. Ziogas
Forge
Published in
3 min readMar 12, 2020

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A photo of a sculpture of a man on a horse (presumably a Greek philosopher).
Photo: Karl Allen Lugmayer/Adobe Stock

WeWe often think of philosophy as a bookish pursuit or perhaps as the lifestyle choice of bearded old men living ascetically in caves. But Stoicism — an ancient school of philosophy famously practiced by the likes of Seneca, Epictetus, and…

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George J. Ziogas
Forge

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