

Stoicism: Can An Ancient Greek Philosophy Help Us Today?
“Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will – then your life will be serene.” – Epictetus, Stoic philosopher. Can an ancient Greek philosophy help us deal with life in the twenty-first century? Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy embraced by many of the world’s greatest thinkers. It asserts that we don’t control, and cannot rely on external events. We can only control ourselves and our responses. I