stoic

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He also tackles the question of whether that role was at odds with the Stoic ideals that Marcus set down in the intervals between battles in the notes that became the “Meditations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Democracy thrives when citizens remember what the Stoic philosopher Epictetus said more than two thousand years ago: “We have two ears and one mouth, so we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2026

India's performance was a tribute to one of this area's other favourite sons, Lord Atherton of Stoic Defiance.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025

Stoic and self-aware, Fassbender’s Martian is a slippery figure whose sense of self begins to unravel as the show’s thrilling first season unfurls.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

When he came of age, he moved to Athens and heard the philosopher Ariston of Chios, who was a student of Zeno of Citium, a key figure in the history of the Stoic school.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro