What? You can't make it to the annual Stoicon in Athens, on October 5th? (https://modernstoicism.com/save-the-date-stoicon-2019-in-athens/)



Well, that's a dispreferred indifferent, of course. But you do have an alternative, if you live in New York City: Stoicon-X New York will take place on Thursday, September 19th, at the Society for Ethical Culture.



Join Massimo Pigliucci, author of the new "A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control" (https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-New-Stoics-Week-Week-ebook/dp/B07H12FP42/), Bill Irvine, author of The Stoic Challenge (https://www.amazon.com/Stoic-Challenge-Philosophers-Becoming-Resilient/dp/0393652491/), and Don Robertson, author of "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius" (https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Like-Roman-Emperor-ebook/dp/B07D2C5NNV/) for a triple feature event beginning at 6pm.



Program:



6:00pm - Welcome to Stoicon-X New York (Massimo Pigliucci)



6:10pm - Don Robertson: How to think like a Roman emperor



6:35pm: Q&A with Don



6:45pm - Bill Irvine: The Stoic challenge



7:10pm - Q&A with Bill



7:20pm - Massimo Pigliucci: How to thrive in a world out of your control



7:45pm - Q&A with Massimo



8:00pm - Book signing by the authors



(Event over by 8:30pm)