School III · Lesson 10 of 15
The Stoics: Living in Agreement With Nature
Core idea: the Stoics built a practical way of life on one sorting rule: know what's in your control and what isn't.
The Lesson
Around 300 BCE, a merchant named Zeno of Citium lost his cargo in a shipwreck, ended up in Athens and started studying philosophy. He later taught under a painted porch in the city's marketplace, the Stoa Poikile. His followers were named after that porch: the Stoics.
Stoicism lasted about 500 years and drew people from every rank. Three Roman Stoics left writings that are still widely read:
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