Preface, Stoicism in general, Key principles, Stoic core, Misconception about “stoic”, The practical discipline, Famous stoics who never wrote, Stoicism underway, Stoicism’s luminaries, Roman legal system, Prosochē overview, Eupatheia, Excellence in the moment, Desires and aversions, Virtues of human excellence, Wisdom - Sophia, Courage - Andreia, Temperance - Sophrosyne, Justice - Dikaiosyne, Summum bonum or supreme ideal, Excellence with joy, Failure, Continuous self-questioning, Discipline, Distractions, Lethargy, Comfort zone, Hedonismus, Vices, Anger, Virtue general description, Eudaimonia, Good Flow, Fulfillment of what you do, Love and fascination, Gratitude and humility, Indifference, Judgments about things, Temptations, Wealth and poverty, Circumstances, Distractions, Resilience, Cosmic perspective, Do less, better, Never Relax?, Interconnectedness, Stoic sage, Impermanence of things, Death, Ethics and social life, Oikeiôsis, From self to others, Beyond materialism, Female Stoics, Stoic cosmopolitanism, Virtuous role models, Social life, Friendship, Social manners, Social expectations, Fame and reputation, Romantic love and partnership, Deep dive in Prosochē, Focus on the moment, Emotions, Emotional resilience, Fear and anxiety, Anger, Love, Pride, arrogance and shame, Sensations, Contemplation of thoughts, Reason and logic, Formal logic, Stoic paradoxes, Empirical observation, Comprehensive perception, Subjective construction, Objective truth, Dialectic and rhetoric, Education, learning and reading, Logos, the universal rationality, Time perception, Unconventional thinking, Science and finding objective truth, Nature, Physics, Accordance with nature, Gaia hypothesis, Cosmogony, Spherical earth, Natural order and cause-effect, Immensity of the universe, Optics, Nature and animals, Astronomy and cosmology, Love for nature, Religion, Superstition, Pantheism, A Tool for control, Rejecting the gods, Other spiritual cultures, Stoicism history, The founder, Zeno of Citium, The emperor, Marcus Aurelius, The slave, Epictetus, The man of state, Seneca, Equality advocate, Musonius Rufus, Universal reason, Chrysippus, Compared to other contemporary schools, Socrates on the influence on Zeno, Cynicism, Plato, Aristotle and the stoics, Decline of Stoicism, Modern times, Legal systems, Early Neo-Stoicism, Stoic Influence on renaissance humanism, 18th century, French and American revolution, Human rights, Modern reason, logic and science, Modern philosophy, etc.