Massimo Pigliucci

"We've always been plagued by leaders who are selfish, tyrannical, egotistical, short-sighted, or just plain bad. But can those leaders ever learn how to be better people? Is good character something that can be taught? In the Athens of 430 BCE, people certainly thought so. The task fell to philosophers: great minds like Socrates who should, in theory, be able to train anyone in the fine art of virtue. Socrates set out to teach the vain, power-seeking...

Discover how to think and act like a Stoic as you get introduced to one of the ancient world's most important -- and practical -- schools of philosophy.