As a young boy, Seneca was brought to Rome, where he formally began studies in rhetoric and philosophy under the tutelage of Attalus, a well-known Stoic philosopher and friend of his father.

Stoicism takes its name from a covered walkway ... Seneca was the tutor of the future emperor Nero and Aurelius the father of Commodus, two of the most incompetent and depraved of all Rome ...

While some find that in a church or synagogue, a growing number of people in Nashville are gathering to learn about an ancient philosophy known as Stoicism. At East Nashville Beer Works attendance ...