Caleb Ontiveros

It was a privilege to speak with Dr. Nancy Sherman in the most recent Stoa Conversation. Dr. Nancy Sherman has written several books, covering Aristotle, Stoicism, and post-traumatic stress, and

Quotes contain maxims: principles and insight for living. At the right moment, a new aphorism can motivate, inspire, and remind us to return to what matters. Stoics collected and memorized

Donald Robertson returns to discuss the nuances of Stoic exercises and the importance of staying cool. Anger is a serious social problem and the Stoics have tools for managing it.

Our most recent conversation is with Brittany Polat. Brittany is an author, contributor to Modern Stoicism, and creator of apparentstoic.com and livinginagreement.com. This discussion centers around the notion

We have redone the 3 weeks of Stoicism program. Through contemplative practice and meditation, you'll learn about the 3 Stoic Disciplines of Judgement, Desire, and Action as well as the

Massimo Pigliucci is a philosophy professor at the City University of New York and author of A Field Guide to a Happy Life, How to Be A Stoic, and co-author

I'm excited to announce that anyone can now use Stoa on the web. Every feature of the app: meditations, journaling, and quotes are available in your browser. I hope that

Igor Grossman is a social-cognitive scientist at the University of Waterloo. He's done work on Wisdom, cultural change, rationality, and more. He's also a cohost of the On Wisdom podcast.

Happy new year to Stoics around the world. May 2021 be excellent. — stoa (@stoameditation) January 1, 2021 To Stoics across the globe, happy new year! Whatever this year brought

Feelings and emotions sound like the same thing, but they aren't. Ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists distinguish the two. Yet confusing the two often causes suffering. To see why let's

Dr. Christian Miller is a philosophy professor at Wake Forest University. His most recent book, The Character Gap, investigates just how good we are (and how we can be better)

The Stoics, like their philosophical rivals, the Epicureans, believed that death was nothing to us. It was not something to be feared. Nor is it bad for us at all.

Dr. Gregory Sadler is a prolific public philosopher. He's a teacher, YouTuber, editor of Stoicism Today, and president of ReasonIO. I spoke to him about Stoicism, freedom, and the meaning

Massimo Pigliucci's life was transformed when he read the following line: I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will

Seneca has a line on some of the core ideas of Stoicism: Never give into adversity, never trust prosperity, and always treat fortune as if everything that will come to

Announcing a new sequence in the Theory section of Stoa. Marcus Hedahl is a professor at the US Naval Academy and this is his second appearance on Stoa. In this

What did the ancient Stoics get right? What did they get wrong? I spoke with Piotr Stankeiwicz, Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw, on this topic. He's a member

An exciting update! Stoa now includes music from Michael Levy. Michael Levy is a contemporary composer and Lyre player. His music has been featured across the world, in operas, festivals,

I've uploaded a new sequence in the Theory section of Stoa with Scott Aikin. Scott Aikin is a professor at Vanderbilt. He's currently authoring a book on Epictetus with William

Seneca wrote:   My thought for today is something which I found in Epicurus (yes, I actually make a practice of going over to the enemy’s camp – by way of

William Stephens, a is a Professor of Philosophy at Creighton University, is a first-rate scholar of Stoicism. We recently recorded a few short clips explaining Marcus Aurelius' thought and life

Michael Levy is a contemporary composer and lyre player. His work has been featured around the world, in many different mediums. From commercials to operas. In his own words: So,

Ron Hall is the founder of Stoic Therapy and author of Secundum Naturam. After a successful career in finance, he's turned to the sharing Stoic knowledge and practice. From his

This week, a conversation and a book. Ed LatimoreI'd like to highlight our conversation with Ed Latimore. Ed focuses on teaching stoic street smarts. He has an impressive range of

Stoicism is sometimes caricatured as being solipsistic. As being more concerned with the mental world than the actual world. These criticisms are not sufficient for rejecting the philosophy. But there's