The emperor Augustus commissioned Virgil to write the Aeneid, which came to be regarded as the foundational myth or national epic of Rome, and Virgil’s finest work. The poem tells the story of Aeneas, ...
Most Stoic reading lists in 2026 are the same five titles by the same four ancient writers. The books below are not. They are modern works of philosophy and contemplative writing that take up the ...
You can feel everything—the frustration, irritation, and fear—and still choose your response from a place of calm. That’s what the Stoics (thinkers from ancient Greece and Rome) have taught me.