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Stoicism and spirituality: A philosopher explains how more Americans' search for meaning is turning them toward the classics

  • Written by Sandra Woien, Associate Teaching Professor, Arizona State University
Stoicism and spirituality: A philosopher explains how more Americans' search for meaning is turning them toward the classicsWeb communities have helped the ancient philosophy of Stoicism find fans in a new generation.utah778/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Stoicism may be having a renaissance. For centuries, the ancient philosophy that originated in Greece and spread across the Roman Empire was more or less treated as extinct – with the word “stoic”...

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