Stoicism is a truly unique philosophical school: originating in the 3rd–2nd centuries BC. e., it captivates our contemporaries too. In this book you will get acquainted with the brightest thoughts of some of the best exponents of Stoicism. “What is our good?” Epictetus, an ancient Greek philosopher who was a slave and received freedom for his wisdom, the treatise “Alone with Oneself” by his brilliant follower Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and philosopher, as well as two reflections “On the Blessed Life” and “On the Fortitude of the Sage” by the third great Roman Stoic Seneca, who managed to maintain his dignity in the service of the two most brutal tyrants of Rome, Caligula and Nero, will reveal to you the depth and strength of the human spirit.