Zeno (b. 334 BCE), the founder of Stoicism, hailed from Citium (modern-day Larnaca) in Cyprus, and may have been of Phoenician origin. As a young man, Zeno set sail from Phoenicia with a cargo of ...

But the Stoic philosophers, in their discourses on political and moral life, held that virtue, or ethical excellence, had no gender. Zeno of Citium envisaged an ideal community of sages that ...

Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Portfolio, $28 (352p) ISBN 978-0-525-54187-5 ...

Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical tradition that continues to reverberate in contemporary culture. When Prince Philip died, for example, the Spectator wrote that “he ...

Stoicism is sometimes seen as a counterpoint to the teachings of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, from about the same time as Zeno, who taught that pleasure is the object of life. Sen. Josh Hawley ...

Zeno’s close friend and the second leader of the Stoic circle was Cleanthes, who was born as a poor man and made a living as a boxer until his conversion to philosophy.

This week’s selection comes from Zeno of Citium, a Greek philosopher who was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy. He taught in Athens from 300 BC until his death in 262 BC.