stoic
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He encourages her to stop hiding behind her Stoic detachment and let more of the world in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 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
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