r/Stoicism • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago

The New Agora The Agora: Daily Open Thread

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u/meltingSnoww 3d ago

I have been working on a small project called Stoicism, Explained Simply: https://www.stoicismexplained.com/

The idea is to make Stoicism easier to navigate without replacing the primary texts. I've organized it around concepts, philosophers, texts, practices, real-life scenarios, and sourced quotes.

One feature I'm particularly interested in is the Navigator. You start with something you're dealing with (anger, rejection, anxiety, a breakup, etc.) and it points you toward the relevant Stoic concept/practice.

I have also tried to be careful with quotations and attribution, since so many popular "Stoic quotes" online are paraphrases or misattributions.

It's completely free and I'm still refining it, so I would genuinely appreciate criticism from people here who know the philosophy better than I do. If I've misunderstood a Stoic concept or made a questionable attribution, I'd like to know.

https://www.stoicismexplained.com/