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What Is Stoicism?

How the Stoics can help us tackle anxiety, fury and loss of perspective - and realise that very little is needed to make a happy life.

“‘Stoicism’ was a philosophy that flourished for some 400 years in Ancient Greece and Rome, gaining widespread support among all classes of society. It had one overwhelming and highly practical ambition: to teach people how to be calm and brave in the face of overwhelming anxiety and pain…”