Ryan Holliday takes his role in the Stoic movement seriously: A note on his desk reads, “Am I being a good steward of Stoicism?”
Holiday’s status as a college dropout makes him a “pen-and-ink philosopher,” a term Aurelius used to describe people seeking a deeper understanding of philosophy on their own. Although he did discover Stoicism in school. As a student journalist, Holiday approached a speaker at a conference and asked what he reads. The speaker introduced him to the work of Epictetus and Aurelius — ideas he felt he could utilize.
“It was just an entry point into a philosophy that I did not know existed,” Holiday says. “And that like a lot of people, I actually needed because being a person in a frustrating world is difficult.” Focusing on aspects of Stoicism like the indifference and avoidance of controversy might garner more attention, but Holiday says he aims to highlight the aspects of the philosophy that can most benefit people.
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