courage (fortitude)
in Aesop’s The Fox and the Lion
anger and
as cardinal virtue
The Choice of Hercules and
core values compared with
definition of
Freemasonry and
pain tolerance and
in role models
Seneca on
Socratic philosophy and
Stoic acceptance and
Stoic language and
worldly goals and
Crates of Thebes
cynicism
Cynicism
Aristo of Chios and
The Choice of Hercules and
clothing of
cold/heat tolerance and
courage and
exposed shoulders and
in history of Stoicism
Marcus’s mentors
plain speaking of
Plato’s Academy compared with
Stoicism compared with
transparency and
virtue as only true good in
voluntary acceptance in
voluntary hardship in
See also Diogenes the Cynic
D.V. (Deo volente, “God willing”)
death, meditation on
decatastrophizing scripts
decatastrophizing
of Agrippinus
for anxiety
definition of
for fear
techniques
depression
desire
Aesop’s The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
cognitive distancing for
conquering
doing something else technique for
Epicureanism and
evaluating consequences for
gratitude and
spotting early warning signs of
steps for change
therapy of the passions
See also pleasure
Dichotomy of Control (Stoic Fork)
Dickens, Charles
Diogenes the Cynic
Diognetus
divide-and-conquer cognitive therapy techniques
double standard
drug use and abuse
Dubois, Paul
elenchus (Socratic method of questioning)
Ellis, Albert
emanes (you’ve lost your mind)
emotions, Stoicism’s theory of. See also anger; anxiety and worry; depression; fear
Empedocles
Epaphroditus
Epictetus
beard of
cognitive distancing and
on desire
Discourses
on emotions
The Golden Verses of Pythagoras and
on gratitude
Handbook (Enchiridion)
“In What Manner We Ought to Bear Sickness”
on language
Marcus’s admiration for
on myth of Hercules
on objective representation
on pain of philosophical training
on pain tolerance
on reserve clause
on self-awareness
on Socrates
Socratic questioning used by
on Stoic acceptance
on Stoic philosophy as like the caduceus
Stoicism of
Epicureanism
Epicurus
ethical cosmopolitanism
Euclid of Megara
eudaimonia (fulfillment)
Eudaimonia (in The Choice of Hercules)
eupatheiai (good passion)
fairness
Fate
Faustina (Marcus’s wife)
Favorinus of Arelate
fear
cognitive distancing for
decatastrophizing for
emotional habituation for
example of Marcus’s defeat of Sarmatian ambush
inner citadel technique for
premeditation of adversity for
spontaneous psychological change and
Stoic reserve clause for
worry postponement for
See also anxiety and worry
fortitude. See also courage
Freemasonry
Fronto, Marcus Cornelius (Marcus’s rhetoric tutor)
functional analysis
for anger
for changing desire
definition of
for pain management
Furius Victorinus
Galen
On the Diagnosis and Cure of the Soul’s Passions
Gellius, Aulus
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
Gnaeus Claudius Severus
Gnosticism
Hadot, Pierre
Hadrian
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hanselman, Stephen
happiness
The Choice of Hercules and
desire and
Marcus and
See also desire; joy; pleasure
hedone (pleasure). See also pleasure
hegemonikon (ruling faculty). See also reason
Heraclitus
Hercules. See Choice of Hercules, The
Hermes
Herodes Atticus
Herodian
Historia Augusta
Holiday, Ryan
Homer
hostis publicus (public enemy)
hupexhairesis (with a reserve clause)
Iazyges
imperium (supreme military authority equal to that of the emperor in his absence)
in vitro (imaginal). See also modeling strategies
in vivo (real world). See also modeling strategies
injustice
inshallah (God willing)
internet
social media
Isidorus
Jarrett, Thomas
joy
judgment. See value judgments
Julia Cassia Alexandra
Julian
Julius Caesar
justice
anger and
as cardinal virtue
The Choice of Hercules and
core values compared with
definition of
intrinsic value of
joy and
of Marcus
in role models
in social sphere
Socratic philosophy and
Stoic Sage and
See also injustice
Kakia
katharsis (purification) See also cognitive distancing
kindness
“know thyself”
Laelius the Wise
Laertius, Diogenes
language of Stoicism
conciseness
counterrhetoric
emotion and
objective representation (phantasia kataleptike)
objectivity and
traditional rhetoric compared with
truth as goal of
value judgments and
virtues of
wisdom and
Lazarus, Richard
learning cycle
evening meditation
morning meditation
logic (discipline). See also reason
Lombardi, Michael
Lucius Aelius
Lucius Verus
adopted by Antoninus
Cassius Dio on
The Choice of Hercules and
co-emperor with Marcus
death of
excesses of
in First Marcomannic War
Historia Augusta on
Marcus on in The Meditations
in Parthian War
wife of (Lucilla)
Mai, Angelo
Marcomannic Wars
Battle of Carnuntum
First Marcomannic War
Marcus Aurelius
adopted by Hadrian as grandson
anger and
assumption of title Caesar
birth of
commitment to Stoicism under Junius Rusticus
daughter (Lucilla)
death of
death of children
death of father
death of wife
defeat of Sarmatian ambush
early childhood
early training in philosophy
final days of
as final famous Ancient Stoic
final words of
formal study of philosophy from Diognetus
generosity of
inner citadel and
many “deaths” of
military skills of
mother (Domitia Lucilla)
premeditation of adversity and
resilience of
response to Cassius’s rebellion
Stoic reserve clause and
“Thunderbolt Miracle” of
“The universe is change; life is opinion”
wife of (Faustina)
See also Meditations, The (Marcus Aurelius)