Here I bring you once again 3 of the greatest Stoic philosophers of ancient times.

Watch the following  video of wise quotations from my personal favourites, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca:

Read the biography of Epictetus

Buy Epictetus’ ‘Discourses and Selected Writings’

Click here to read ‘Stoic Advice from Epictetus on the Art of Living – Part 1′

More stoic lessons from Epictetus to help you learn how to improve and remain happy in life.

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Read the biography of Epictetus

I will be posting selected passages from Epictetus’ two books: ‘The Discourses’ and ‘The Handbook’; as he teaches us the wisdom of Stoicism that can be used as a self-help guide to living a good and happy life, as well as attaining a mind free of troubles.

I begin the series with two such passages of stoicism to help you attain a free and peaceful mind, as well as learning the virtues of contented living. Read more…

The weekend is here at long last, and I feel the need to reflect on something important…like learning to mind my own business.

This is a continuation of the “Use Stoic Philosophy To Learn Self Help Anger Management” and the last in the series. The first post in the series can be found here.

What is Anger?

I’m sure every human being has experienced anger one way or the other in their life because it seems to be hard-wired into our DNA.  Anything can trigger this emotion to swell within and then explode into rage.  Some people can tame it before it gets too out of control; some can manage it and turn it into something positive; but some people do not possess the presence of mind to be able to deal with anger at all.

For those of you who cannot put out the fire of anger before it runs wild, you must learn to use your minds as extinguishers to fight anger and then put it out for good.

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Seneca’s & Plutarch’s Stoic Philosophy against Anger

I have personally learned a lot about self help anger management by reading ancient philosophy from the great thinkers, who purported to know the answers towards dampening the fires of Man’s failing grace – anger.

So let me begin with the Stoics who fall into the category above.  Lucius Annaeus Seneca and Plutarch, who wrote essays about the importance of being aware of the dangers and effects of anger.  Both men agreed that if left untreated, anger can do irreparable damage to the mind, spirit and relationships.

The essays in question were Seneca’s On Anger and Plutarch’s On Avoidance of Anger which can be found in the books Seneca: Moral and Political Essays and Plutarch’s Essays respectively.

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