| "Thousands of people, for instance, participated in the third annual Stoic Week, a worldwide philosophy event cum social science experiment organized by a team at the University of Exeter, in England. The goal of Stoic Week is twofold: on the one hand, to get people to learn about Stoicism and how it can be relevant to their lives; on the other hand, to collect systematic data to see whether practicing Stoicism actually does make a difference to people's lives. A Stoic principle enunciated by Epictetus: "What, then, is to be done? To make the best of what is in our power, and take the rest as it naturally happens." ("Discourses"). I have for many years been attracted to virtue ethics -- a core of Stoic philosophy -- as a way to think about morality and a life worth living. I have also recently passed the half century mark, one of those arbitrary points in human life ... |
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