A Guide To The Good Life: The Ancient Art Of Stoic Joy

The history of Stoicism began in antiquity Rome and Greece. Stoicism was one of the most prominent schools of philosophy in ancient times. Its influence continues still today. Stoicism originated around 300B.C.E. in Athens and was founded by Zeno of Citium. The e-book, Stoicism, written by John Sellers, he says, “according to ancient biographical tradition, Zeno traveled to Athens in his twenties, while visiting a bookstall he discovered a copy of Xenophon’s Memorabilia of Socrates”, this began his philosophical education. He started by studying and practicing Cynicism, an ancient philosophy which advocated a frugal lifestyle. Cynics believed that one should focus all their attention to getting necessities, while paying no regard to rules

Ethics was a basic contemporary version of Cynicism, the physics portion was influenced by Plato with a rational and passive belief, and the logic included what we refer to as formal logic or the theory of knowledge. Virtue, which Zeno referred to as a kind of wisdom, was also a base of his thoughts. Stoicism began in a changing world, where their current ways of thinking were no longer appropriate. In the book, In the book, A Guide to the Good life, The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, written by William B. Irvine he said, “The Stoic philosophy he (Zeno) formulated, we are told that there is nothing wrong with enjoying life's pleasures, as long as we are careful not to allow ourselves to be enslaved by them and as long as, even while we are enjoying them, we take steps to prepare ourselves ultimately to be deprived of them”. This is a form of self-control taught by

In other words, people are bothered not by things but by their view of things. Urban Dictionary says this about Stoicism, “Stoics do have emotions, but only for the things in this world that really matter. They are the most real people alive.” Although this is not a philosophical source the words still hold true relevance. Stoicism offers a challenging and distinct view of the world, as an individual and as a whole. One of the main aspects of Stoicism would be described as improving ones spiritual well-being. Stoicism sounds