Stoicism, Gratitude and Thanksgiving

What Stoicism teaches us about being grateful and giving thanks

Gratitude is one of the defining characteristics of the ideal Stoic Sage. We know this because one obscure source, Pseudo-Andronicus, provides a classification of Stoic virtues in which “gratitude” (eucharistia) is classed as a species of “justice” (dikaiosune) and defined as “the knowledge of to whom and when one should provide thanks and how and for …