Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Posidonius, Musonius Rufus, Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius

Primary sources

Arnim, J. Von (1964) [1903-24]. Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta. 5 vols. Stuttgart: Teubner Verlag.

Available online: Stoicorum veterum fragmenta : Arnim, Hans Friedrich August von, 1859-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Peason, A. C. (1891). Fragments of Zeno and Cleanthes. London: C. J. Clay & Sons.

Greek text with excellent notes in English. Available online: The fragments of Zeno and Cleanthes; with introd. and explanatory notes

Cicero. Tusculan Disputations (trans) J. E. King. Loeb Classical Library 141. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1927.

Epictetus. Discourses, Books 1-2. (trans) W. A. Oldfather. Loeb Classical Library 131. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925.

Epictetus. Discourses, Books 3-4. Fragments. The Encheiridion. (trans) W. A. Oldfather. Loeb Classical Library 218. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1928.

Epictetus, who had heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius Rufus, taught a practical philosophy, details of which survive in four books of Discourses and a smaller Encheiridion, a handbook which gives briefly the chief doctrines of the Discourses. 

Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius (ed & trans) C. R. Haines. Loeb Classical Library 58. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1916.

The famous Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, represents reflections written in periods of solitude during the emperor’s military campaigns. Originally intended for his private guidance and self-admonition, the Meditations has endured as a potent expression of Stoic belief. It is a central text for students of Stoicism as well as a unique personal guide to the moral life.

Studies

Long, A. A. (1971). Problems in Stoicism. London: The Athlone Press.

Long, A. A. (1996). Stoic Studies. Cambridge: CUP.

Rist, J. M. (1969). Stoic Philosophy. Cambridge: CUP.

Sandbach, F. H. (1975). The Stoics. London: Chatto & Windus.