"Remember: Matter. How tiny your share of it. Time. How brief and fleeting your allotment of it. Fate. How small a role you play in it." —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Stoicism as a philosophy is not the same as being lowercase s stoical. It is not about blocking our difficult feelings and emotions. Instead, Stoicism is an approach to life that teaches us how to handle our negative emotions in psychologically healthier ways. Timestamps: [04:11] What is Stoicism? Zeno of Citium and the beginnings of Stoicism to the Roman Stoicism centuries later [09:12] What is a philosophy of life? [16:26] The basic Stoic beliefs and assumptions [26:00] Definition of Stoicism in relation to the victim culture of today's society [31:40] Ataraxia/Tranquility: the grand goal of Stoicism [38:19] <span...