ZENO STOIC CENTRE
The Larnaka Tourism Board has sponsored a new graffiti project that combines two of Larnaka's most iconic figures.
For Zeno of Citium, the ancient founder of Stoicism, the ultimate goal of life is "living in harmony with nature."
The Core Ideas of Living in Harmony with Nature are;
-
Use Reason: Let logical thinking guide your choices instead of letting raw emotions or destructive passions control you.
-
Accept Reality: Stop fighting things you cannot change, such as past events, other people's behaviour, or natural hardships.
-
Focus on Virtue: Cultivate wisdom, courage, justice, and moderation, which naturally flow from a rational mind.
-
Keep Life Simple: Reject unnecessary luxury, excess, and artificial social pressures to find inner peace.
For the Stoics but also for all Hellenistic philosophers, philosophy is therapy, which seeks above all to produce peace of mind or ataraxia that leads to a care-free life. A life in which the only care that matters is the ethical care of one's character.
According to Epicurus we should say,
"Thanks to blessed nature, who made necessary things easy to obtain, and things which are hard to obtain unnecessary".
Discover the Power of Philosophy with the
Zeno Stoic Centre
The Zeno Stoic Centre was founded in Larnaca, Cyprus in 2024. The Centre was approved by the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Cyprus on 24th April 2025. It is an international association established to celebrate the work of Zeno of Kitium, founder of Stoic Philosophy