The Stoic Path to Greater Control

**Use all three branches of Stoic philosophy to improve your life and then the world.**

Stoicism counsels distinguishing what we can control from what we can’t control, and focusing our energy on the former. This begs us to ask: can we increase the range of what we control, and if so, how?

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I am the author of What Should Philosophy Do? A Theory. I write about philosophy, life, the future, a few current affairs, and every so often, a little music.

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