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Critical thinking is one of the most important aspects of being human, according to Stoicism. So why are we handing it over to a machine?

All of us, no matter what our circumstances, have the ability to be more wise, more just, more courageous and more moderate

The Guardian - AU

A Californian company wants to sell you an outrageously expensive $8,000 keyboard supposedly inspired by a Roman philosopher, but did the Stoics really go in for conspicuous consumption?

Seneca surely would have abstained from this kind of financial flex.

PC Gamer

Robert Rosenkranz: How To Use Stoicism To Build a Meaningful Life

The billionaire philanthropist explores how stoic philosophy shaped his views on capitalism, politics, and philanthropy, arguing for rational optimism, individual responsibility, and civil public discourse as foundations for life.

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Secrets of ancient Roman elites revealed in 1,500-year-old cookbook

It contains early versions of coq au vin, foie gras and pumpkin pie

The Independent UK

Some recipes date back to ancient Rome: French toast, foie gras … and braised flamingo

Ancient Rome is often seen as synonymous with culinary excess. Images of exotic – even orgiastic – feasts perpetuate its reputation for strangeness and decadence.

The Conversation

Are the Super Bowl-bound Kansas City Chiefs lucky, good or lucky and good?

Fortune plays a larger part than we like to think in sporting success. But luck means nothing if teams don’t have the ability to exploit it

The Guardian - US

What ancient Greek and Roman philosophers thought about vegetarianism

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism. The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius whom Seneca particularly admired, who had lived in the first century BC and had been known for his simple lifestyle.

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Dedicated Roman gladiator superfans were the football hooligans of their day

In the amphitheatre of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott trains his lens on fighters and emperors – but no account of ancient gladiators is complete without its devotees.

The Conversation

Best books on Roman history, from Romulus and Remus to the decline of Empire

A curated list for those who can’t stop thinking about ancient Rome

Evening Standard

10 Years Ago, an Ambitious RPG Paved the Way for 2023's Game of the Year

Larian’s ‘Divinity: Original Sin’ set the stage for RPG dominance by taking a huge risk that paid off.

Inverse

Meet Ryan Holiday: the author who says we need more grit

Ryan Holiday is the author of Right Thing, Right Now and host of The Daily Stoic podcast. He speaks to Evgeny Lebedev about war, politics and what we can learn from Stoicism in our day and age.

Evening Standard

The Ultimate List of Inspirational Casino Quotes

For centuries, people have been drawn to casinos and gambling because of thrill, intellectual challenge and the element of luck involved.

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L’Incoronazione di Poppea review – sexting, dope and toxic masculinity in Monteverdi update

Director Walter Sutcliffe’s modern-day production of Monteverdi’s take on Emperor Nero scores some hits but as many misses. Musically, though, it is outstanding

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The snowflake generation could do with a good dose of this philosophy

One of the oddest features of the culture right now is that the philosophy of Stoicism is a big thing. There’s a group called Modern Stoicism which runs a Stoic Week, that asks participants to live like a Stoic — and it turns out that it makes them feel good.…

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Stoicism on Tiktok promises happiness – but the ancient philosophers who came up with it had something very different in mind

I don’t know about you, but my TikTok is full of influencers telling me I should be a Stoic. You might know the term “stoic” as a person who goes through hardship while maintaining a steely and calm disposition, and never complains. However, a stoic is also someone who prescribes…

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for fish soup

After you’ve tried this quick and easy seafood stew, it’s easy to see why the ancient Romans were once gripped by red mullet fever

Chicago Sun-Times

Bullies imagine injury in order to inflict it

Trans people are portrayed as threatening by those who want someone to beat up,

The Conversation

Friday essay: a lament for the lost art of letter-writing – a radical art form reflecting 'the full catastrophe of life'

Letters did not count [as writing]. A woman might write letters while sitting by her father’s sick-bed. She could write them by the fire while the men talked without disturbing them. The strange thing is, I thought, turning over the pages of Dorothy’s letters, what a gift that untaught and…

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National Theatre’s Phaedra review: suicide tragedy leaves a bad taste

Suicide is an act so shocking and violent that it undoes not only sensation, memory and feeling, but meaning. Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong describes how it unpicks even the connective tissue of language.

The Guardian - UK

John Malkovich on best friend Julian Sands: ‘Jules was such a storyteller, and so, so funny’

The actor reflects on the pair’s new film together, Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes, as ‘a pretty fitting tribute’ and shares memories of the ‘boy who grew up wild on the moors’

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak stifles a grin and gets serious after Liz Truss goes down fighting

Mostly, Librium Liz wanted to pay tribute to herself. Her successor spoke like a banker

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak's 'do-over' lets Tories pretend the last couple of months never happened

Her rollercoaster premiership having been brought to a juddering halt, Liz Truss strode out of Downing Street with a facial expression that screamed "I left a dead fish behind one of the radiators, but you'll never know which one."

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak appointed Prime Minister as Liz Truss quits after just 49 days in office

The former won the latest Tory leadership contest on Monday without a vote being cast after his rivals Penny Mordaunt and Boris Johnson dropped out.

The Conversation

How Bob Dylan used the ancient practice of 'imitatio' to craft some of the most original songs of his time

Over the course of six decades, Bob Dylan steadily brought together popular music and poetic excellence. Yet the guardians of literary culture have only rarely accepted Dylan’s legitimacy.

The Guardian - AU

‘Inject that Stoicism into my veins!’: 10 tools of ancient philosophy that improved my life

Brigid Delaney has been immersed in Stoicism since 2018 – and has had plenty of cause to use it since. Here’s a cheat sheet of what she learned

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