Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

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How to Fall out of Love

How to Fall out of Love

Ancient Philosophy and the Cure of Lovesickness

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Nov 04, 2020
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Ancient Philosophy and the Cure of Lovesickness

Freud was not the first psychotherapist. Thousands of years ago, in Greece and Rome, a great many books and poems were written about techniques of psychological therapy. Among the most explicitly therapeutic philosophies were the two great rival Hellenistic schools of Stoicism and Epicureanism.

Ovid by Anton…

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