Cicero, played by David Bamber, speaking to the Roman Senate in the excellent HBO series, "Rome. " Image from hbo-rome. Do Stoicism and politics go together.
Do Stoicism and politics go together. I have recently published two essays criticizing both US President Trump and his Vice President, J. Vance, from a Stoic perspective.
Vance, from a Stoic perspective. Yet, I often hear claims that Stoicism is by its very nature conservative, politically speaking. Or perhaps that it has actually nothing to say about politics at all.