Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living From Zeno to Marcus Aurelius

CONTENTS

Introduction

Zeno the Prophet

Cleanthes the Apostle

Aristo the Challenger

Chrysippus the Fighter

Zeno the Maintainer

Diogenes the Diplomat

Antipater the Ethicist

Panaetius the Connector

Publius Rutilius Rufus the Last Honest Man

Posidonius the Genius

Diotimus the Vicious

Cicero the Fellow Traveler

Cato the Younger, Rome’s Iron Man

Porcia Cato the Iron Woman

Athenodorus Cananites the Kingmaker

Arius Didymus the Kingmaker II

Agrippinus the Different

Seneca the Striver

Cornutus the Common

Gaius Rubellius Plautus the Man Who Would Not Be King

Thrasea the Fearless

Helvidius Priscus the Senator

Musonius Rufus the Unbreakable

Epictetus the Free Man

Junius Rusticus the Dutiful

Marcus Aurelius the Philosopher King

Conclusion

Timeline of the Stoics and the Graeco-Roman World

Sources Consulted and Further Reading

Index of Stoics