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the ancient art of not letting the universe rent space in your head.
means a philosophy holding that virtue and clear judgment are the only things truly in your control, so focus there and let the rest go.
from founded by zeno of citium around 300 bce, who taught under a painted porch (stoa poikile) in athens after surviving a shipwreck that wiped out his fortune, which is a very stoic origin story.
roman fanbasea slave (epictetus) and an emperor (marcus aurelius) both wrote it.
not numbnessstoics felt emotions, just refused to be ruled by them.
dichotomy of controlcore idea: sort life into your business and not yours.
cbt ancestormodern cognitive therapy borrows directly from stoic exercises.