The School for a New Stoicism

The Temple of Artemis at Sardis, photo by Massimo Pigliucci.

It may not look like it from the volume of material produced by my writing, podcasting, and video producing. But I’m actually fairly new to Stoicism and Greco-Roman practical philosophy. In fact, it all started in the midst of my mid-life crisis, back in 2014.

I had been looking for a while for philosophical resources to help me overcome some of life’s setbacks, as well as to guide me through a change of profession (from biology to philo...