Erich Fromm When one’s own rationality is obscured, it is hard to turn to a system of thought such as Stoicism, which prizes human reason and logic as the means of rising above adversity. When we are in a rational frame of mind, its precepts make sense and form a worldview that is solid and…
Reflections on Stoic beginnings
As I prepare mentally to attend my first “Stoicon,” taking place tomorrow in New York City (including Stoic acceptance of the reality that I need to take a 7 a.m. train into the city on a Saturday), I pause to reflect on what led me to Stoicism in the first place. It’s a complicated stew…
