What is Stoicism? A Definition and 9 Stoic Exercises To Get You Started. For those of us who live our lives in the real world, there is one branch of philosophy created just for us: Stoicism.

The 9 Core Stoic Beliefs Wisdom By: Stephen Hanselman [1] If You Want a Smooth Flow of Life, Live According to Nature At the core of Stoic teaching is the founder Zeno’s idea that a smooth flow of life ( euroia biou) comes from “living in agreement with nature.”