Long before debates over ‘wokeness’, Epicurus built a philosophy that welcomed slaves, women and outsiders
According to Epicurus, a philosopher wasn’t someone who taught or wrote philosophical tracts, but a certain style of life…
Ancient scroll reveals new story of Plato’s death – here’s why you should be suspicious of it
There are reasons to be suspicious. The death of ancient philosophers was meant to reflect their lives and teachings. If not, posterity was quite happy to invent an appropriate deathbed scene…
What the Stoics understood as living well, in conformity with our nature
The lessons of the Stoics indicate two paths that converge in a central highway: to know ourselves fully and to exercise virtues in pursuit of a social life that, although it will…