The Stoics
Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca: an emperor, a former slave and a millionaire, and the practical philosophy they shared about what is and isn't in our control.
- stoicism
- philosophy
- ancient rome
Some of the stories included
- Marcus Aurelius & the Philosophy of StoicismThe journey of Marcus Aurelius, from reluctant emperor to Stoic icon.
SenecaThe Stoic tutor to Emperor Nero, Seneca preached simplicity while amassing a fortune, before his forced suicide in AD 65.
EpictetusThe enslaved man who became a great Stoic teacher, whose ideas on control would one day guide the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
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