Stoicism as a Martial Art

What the Stoic Philosophers Learned from Combat Sports

What the Stoic Philosophers Learned from Combat Sports

The art of living is more like the wrestler’s art than the dancer’s in this regard, that it must stand ready and firm to meet whatever happens to it, even when unforeseen. — Marcus Aurelius

Ancient Greek wrestlers. CC BY-SA 2.0 de courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Greek and Roman youths often engaged in co…