Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=yt_desc Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why Stoicism fails when treated like self-help | Massimo Pigliucci► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3_EAZd0-rw Stoicism has been flattened into slogans about toughness, detachment, and emotional silence, a version that’s easy to sell, but mostly wrong. Massimo Pigliucci returns Stoicism to its original purpose: a practical philosophy built to help ordinary people make better judgments, set wiser priorities, and live well with others in a world that resists control. Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/series/full-interview/stoicism-full-interview/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description © Freethink Media Inc., All Rights Reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seneca.jpeg / Jean-Pol GRANDMONT / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) MSR-ra-61-b-1-DM.jpg / Christelle Molinié / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Zeno of Citium.jpg / Jm3 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Vespasianus01_pushkin_edit.png / Soerfm / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) Domitian.jpeg / Soerfm / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) Cato.jpg / Ángel M. Felicísi / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) Retrato_de_Julio_Cesar.jpg / Tintero21 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) Fair_use-cato-2.jpg / Sailko / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Youtube Member Get exclusive classes and early, ad-free access to new releases without leaving Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@bigthink/membership/ ►Become a Big Think Web Member Get the entire Big Think Class library, premium print issues, live events, and more. https://bigthink.com/membership/ ►Subscribe to Big Think on Substack Get all of your favorite Big Think content delivered to your inbox. https://bigthinkmedia.substack.com/subscribe/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Massimo Pigliucci: Massimo Pigliucci is professor of philosophy at City College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His latest book is Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient Philosophers (2025). He lives in New York.