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In the third century BC in Athens, Zeno of Citium founded a school of philosophy, stoicism.
From third century BC, Athens zip forward in time 23 centuries and travel westwards 5000 miles.
There, teaching in Dayton, Ohio, you'll find a modern day stoic.
His name is William Irvin.
Bill Irvin, welcome to philosophy Bites.
Thank you, Nigel, for inviting me.
The topic we're going to focus on is living stoically.
Now, before we get onto the living bit, let's talk about stoicism.
What is stoicism?
Where did it come from?
Stoicism is an ancient greek philosophy that was adopted and adapted by the Romans.
Most important thing to realize about stoicism is most people when they talk about stoicism, don't have the correct idea.
So you've mentioned that it's originally a greek philosophy with roman followers later on.
But who were the famous stoics?
Zeno of Citium would have been the first stoic, and he tried different philosophies.