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Ways into the Stoics

Interactive tools built on the same texts as the rest of the site.

Which translation should I read?

Two quick questions, and the right English edition of Marcus, Epictetus, Seneca or Musonius for you, with a runner-up.

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Any passage of the Meditations, the Discourses or the Enchiridion in every translation, side by side, with a guide to which one to read.

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Stoic history timeline

Five centuries of the Stoic school, from Zeno’s porch in Athens to Marcus Aurelius, and the revival that followed.

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