Zeno of Citium

Rome started as a society of small farmers located in central Italy, placing it among other civilizations within the Mediterranean basin; Etruscans, Latins, Celts, and the most influential, the Ancient Greeks. In early years, Rome acquired many cultural characteristics from the Etruscan civilization, but as Rome expanded, it came into contact with the Greeks. Since then, Greek influence has become an important element in Roman life. However, it was the Roman civilization that came to rule and…

“Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on” (Zeno of Citium). In the nineteenth century, new movements in literature were developed due to changes in society after the Civil War: Realism and Naturalism. The main intent of Realism was to exclude romantic and fantastic ideals in literature, interpolating what is real. Authors who describe themselves as Realists explain things without decorative language or sugar-coating events, and…

Conformism & Stoicism (A detailed response to a quote by Colin Wilson) What does it mean to be a conformist? Oxford Dictionaries defines the word conformist as, “a person who conforms to accepted behavior or established practices.” So what did the famous writer, Colin Wilson mean when he said, “The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.” This quote derived from Wilson is a very popular, and well analyzed quote, so…

to live their lives. The ideas not only give ways to be a better person individually by taking responsibility for one’s own actions, but they also provide a framework on how to be a better addition to society. Stoicism was founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC. “The philosophy asserts that virtue (such as wisdom) is happiness and judgment should be based on behavior, rather than words. It is the idea that we don’t control and cannot rely on external events, only…