Stoicism is a truly unique philosophical school: originating in the III-II century BC, it captivates our contemporaries. In this book, you will get acquainted with the brightest thoughts of some of the best representatives of Stoicism. "What is our good?" Epictetus, an ancient Greek philosopher who was a slave and received freedom for his wisdom, treatise "Alone with himself" by his brilliant follower Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and philosopher, as well as two meditations "On the Blessed Life" and "On the Endurance of the Sage" of the third great Roman Stoic Seneca, who managed to maintain dignity in the service of the two most fierce tyrants of Rome, Caligula and Nero, will reveal to you the depth and strength of the human spirit.