350 – Stoicism 101: Virtue: The Sole Good (opens in new tab)

“Of things some are good, some are bad, and others are indifferent. The good then are the virtues and the things which partake of the virtues: the bad are the vices, and the things which partake of them; and the indifferent are the things which lie between the virtues and the vices: wealth, health, life, death, pleasure, pain.” —Epictetus Unlike many other philosophical traditions, Stoicism teaches that virtue is not merely an attribute of a person’s character, but the very essence of what it...