Stoic philosophy has exerted an important influence on the history of ideas, including on the thought of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Schopenhauer, Adam Smith, and J.S. Mill. In the field of mental ...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, known as Seneca, was born over 2000 years ago in Southern Spain and then educated in Rome. Seneca’s exposure to philosophy came from Attalus, a Stoic philosopher who ...

Lift for Life senior TJ Woolfolk (1) runs with the ball during the Class 3 football state championship game on Friday, December 5, 2025 at Spratt Memorial Stadium on the campus of Missouri Western ...

Seneca was raised from a young age in Rome. His tutors included Attalus the Stoic, Sotion, and Papirius Fabianus. The boy Seneca so admired Attalus that he “practically laid siege to his classroom.” ...