1: In the English language, the word “stoic” means the unemotional endurance of pain. 

But the definition above fails to capture the true essence of the stoic philosophy, which dates back to Greece in the third century BC.

“The Stoics have a bad reputation among the uninformed for being too callous and therefore unlikely to give good advice to kings and princes,” the great stoic writer Seneca wrote in 55 … continue reading