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Back in the 1990s, Phoenix writer Mark Athitakis was feeling adrift.He'd just graduated from college, and he was trying to figure out where he fit in the world. A friend suggested he should check out "The Manual," by the Roman writer Epictetus.Epictetus was a firm believer in stoicism. Stoicism is a centuries-old philosophical framework, but it's more popular than ever these
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