Stoics

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Parallel_Lives
gptkbp:focuses_on virtue as the highest good
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Zeno_of_Citium
gptkbp:historical_impact cognitive behavioral therapy
leadership training
modern self-help
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:Hellenistic_period
gptkb:Monarch
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stoics
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:influenced_by Socratic philosophy
gptkbp:key gptkb:Letters_from_a_Stoic
gptkb:Meditations
logos
Enchiridion
Discourses
stoic virtue
apatheia
gptkbp:moral self-control
acceptance of fate
cosmopolitanism
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Marcus_Aurelius
gptkb:Epictetus
gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:notable_quote ' A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.'
' The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.'
' The only way to deal with fear is to face it head on.'
' He who angers you conquers you.'
' No man is free who is not master of himself.'
' Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.'
' To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.'
' The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.'
' It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.'
' We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.'
gptkbp:performed_by mindfulness
negative visualization
premeditatio malorum
daily reflection
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:determinism
rationalism