Stoicism: Antidote to Modernity’s Sickness
Why the Roman sages saw self-mastery as true power
James Doone on why the inner discipline of Marcus Aurelius and the Stoic sages still offers a hard, practical path to strength, clarity, and self-mastery in a chaotic age.
A gem cannot be made smooth without friction, nor a man perfected without trial.
— Seneca, tutor to the tyrannical Nero
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