stoic

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He also tackles the question of whether that role was at odds with the Stoic ideals that Marcus set down in the intervals between battles in the notes that became the “Meditations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Democracy thrives when citizens remember what the Stoic philosopher Epictetus said more than two thousand years ago: “We have two ears and one mouth, so we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2026

India's performance was a tribute to one of this area's other favourite sons, Lord Atherton of Stoic Defiance.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025

Despite his son’s aggressive posturing, Stoic fears he’s spawned a waste of DNA.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

Ariston, in turn, was something of a reformist within the Stoic school, holding that studies of nature and logic were a waste of time because such truths were fundamentally beyond human understanding.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro