"Some things are up to us and some are not up to us." This thought, from the ancient philosopher Epictetus, is one of the foundational aspects of Stoicism. The things that are up to us are inside of ...

Epicureans and Stoics share a commitment to the idea that philosophy is a way of life, a theoretical art of reflection that seeks freedom in the practical world of action and experience. As such, the ...

Of course, this is selfish—and like most selfish things, also short-sighted. Because this article almost certainly introduced tens of thousands of people to a topic I care about, people who would be ...