Stoicism in Ancient World and Values in Hellenistic, Romance, and Subsequent Societies

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With the increasing swirls of interest around resilience, innovation, and mindfulness, we cannot neglect the fact that many people have trodden this path before us with certain lessons we can learn and get inspiration from. Stoicism can be defined as a branch of western philosophy that mainly focuses on creativity, resilience, and mindfulness. All of them allow us to flourish and live an ideal life, achieving happiness and success. The concept of stoicism can be applied to the Ancient world. Stoicism could not gain any popularity until people began seeing it as a western form of Buddhism centuries ago, and this was said to be of great help for overcoming destructive emotions. Originally, it came into being in the Greco-Rom...