Massimo Pigliucci
is professor of philosophy at City College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His latest book is How to Be a Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living (2017). He lives in New York.
The ancient concept of “virtue” is all but dead. It’s time to revive it.
After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?
Anger is temporary madness: The stoics knew how to curb it
People get angry for all sorts of reasons, from the trivial ones (someone cut me off on the highway) to the really serious ones (people keep dying in Syria and […]
To Be Happier, Focus on What’s within Your Control
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can,And wisdom to know the difference.