The rise of stoicism as a chic cultural trend among the middle and upper classes belies a deeper history of how self-denial and discipline serve as markers of class and tools of power. Across Silicon ...

Philip Seymour Hoffman had a knack for playing desperate, smug and conniving during his 20-plus years as one of America's finest actors. For "God's Pocket," one of Hoffman's last major roles, the ...

Marcus Aurelius as depicted in 1890. From “Cassell’s Illustrated Universal History, Vol. II – Rome,” by Edmund Ollier.. Illustration: Inc.; Getty Images Even though the term “emotional intelligence” ...

The Stoic revival has picked up pace in recent years, with people looking for something more substantial than the material hedonism that has come to fill the space vacated by the retreat of organised ...

A young man, whom I knew when he was a teenager, reached out to me recently looking for some advice. He has been working in the world for a couple of years, and he told me he was looking to become ...

The ancient Stoic philosophers don’t know it, but their chief marketing officer is an American named Ryan Holiday. He’s the self-created founder of the modern Stoicism movement, distilling the ...