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Can Stoicism Make Us Happy?
By Carlos Fraenkel — 2019
Can Stoicism teach us how to live? A lot of people seem to think so. They identify as “modern Stoics,” a movement that has gained traction over the past two decades, with thousands of members now congregating online and off to practice a self-help version of the philosophical life.
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