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Stoicism

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A Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium around 300 BCE, teaching that virtue (arete) is the sole good and sufficient for happiness. Core practices include the dichotomy of control, memento mori, and premeditatio malorum. Stoicism emphasizes living according to nature and reason (logos), emotional resilience, and focusing energy only on what is within one's control. Its most famous exponents include Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius.

As the Stoic philosophers — Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus — wrote in their enduring works of practical philosophy, Stoicism represents a key concept that continues to inform philosophical thought and practice today.

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  • Tradition: Stoicism
  • Chinese: 斯多葛主义
  • Category: Concept
  • Definition: A Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium around 300 BCE, teaching that virtue (arete) is the sole good and sufficient for happiness.

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