Ten good aspects of classical Stoicism.

Classical Stoicism has many good points, but here are ten that are still, especially from today's perspective, fully relevant.

1. The boundaries of your own territory. Finding your own area of freedom and responsibility. It makes obvious sense to focus more on what you are responsible for and less on what you are not responsible for. Good time management is just that. And what is one responsible for? Well, primarily for his own beliefs and thoughts, his simple daily life and his loved ones (including friends).
2. Anti-word. Instead of words, sermons, books, manuals, ideologies, blather, theoretical drivel, myths and religion, the classical Stoic values ordinary reality. He likes it, it pleases him. It also follows that the classical stoic enjoys understanding everyday reality. Res, non verba!
3. The idea of individual freedom. Classical Stoicism is a philosophy of individual freedom. For freedom is primarily located in one's own thoughts. Reflecting on and improving one's inner self (values, feelings, beliefs, preferences, etc.) also increases one's freedom.
4. The fallibility of emotions. Stoicism regards emotions as errors. If you fully understand why something is happening in the world and why it evokes feelings in you, then the original feeling will not remain alive. This way of thinking allows the classical Stoic a degree more credible and valuable introspection.
5. The world is manageable with knowledge. According to Stoicism, the world can be controlled by knowledge. They even believe that the world is good (Marcus Aurelius even says that the matter of the world is "malleable and pliable", i.e. there is nothing hostile about it). But to find goodness requires a proper understanding of the world. You must first understand the world correctly, and then you will see the goodness of the world!
6. Rejecting extremes. On the basis of classical Stoicism, it is easy to put aside many of the things that people sometimes almost worship: power, the sense of power, winning world championships, winning wars, power politics, the sublime, opera, riches, luxury, ecstatic sensations, extreme experiences, long-distance travel, etc. Marcus Aurelius says that it is pointless to go to the mountains, the seas or the countryside in search of peace of mind - it is an intrinsic thing.
7. People are responsible for their own value distributions. The Stoic believes that the world itself is not filled with values. It is only when a person "agrees" that something is good or bad that it manifests itself as such.
8. Reflecting on your own thoughts is an ongoing process. Agreeing with your values is an ongoing project, because in order to agree with your previous values, you have to agree again with your previous values.
9. Internal good humour. Believing that one is responsible for one's thoughts, it is natural for a Stoic to have inner good humour. Major difficulties and illnesses are only bad when you accept them as bad, which allows optimism or good humour even when objectively bad things happen. Moreover, for the Stoic, the world is governable by knowledge, so understanding the world means that the world is in accordance with the human mind. Agreeable, in English agreeable, in French agréable, in Italian piacevole, literally means when the world works according to your understanding.
10. Socialising is a natural and good thing. Sociality applies to all people. More narrow and biased phenomena are communities and states, where the freedoms and responsibilities of individuals are often uncomfortably mixed.