The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks

Are Stoics Emotionless? Erick Cloward, Author of Stoicism 101

June 15, 2026·1h 35m
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Are Stoics really emotionless? It is the most common thing people believe about Stoicism, and it puts a lot of people off the one idea that might actually help them. In this conversation I sit down with Erick Cloward, host of the Stoic Coffee Break podcast and author of Stoicism 101, to take the myth apart. We get into why the word "stoic" came to mean cold and shut down, and why the Stoics actually felt their emotions fully. They just learned to be masters of them rather than ruled by them. ...

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