ORLANDO STOICS

Our philosophy discussion group is 10 years old, 3500+ members and 1500+ past events. We started April 2015 on Monday nights at the Panera Cafe on Orange Avenue near Princeton. Our first meeting had only 5 people. Now, we have 5 meetings per week and members joining from United States, South America, United Kingdom, Australia, and Nepal! All meetings are free and open to the public. Your only obligation is to learn something new!

           

Stoicism | Buddhism | Zen | Taoism | Existentialism | American Transcendentalism | Humanism | Hinduism | Spirituality | Practical Philosophy | Positive Psychology | Skepticism | Consciousness | Meditation | Tranquility | Epistemology | Ontology | Teleology | Axiology | Philology | Impermanence | Values | Virtues | Resilience | Wisdom | Justice | Courage | Moderation

If you want to learn more about Stoicism, consider these groups. Orlando Stoics supports them and/or has alliances with them:
Modern Stoicism (many good articles, we interview their scholars every year).
Philosophy Lab (online meetings, StoicDan is the new organizer as of Aug. 2025).
Tampa Stoics (in-person meetings only, Edin started hosting Sep. 2020).
Minnesota Stoics (meetings on Saturdays, similar discussions to Orlando Stoics).
The Aurelius Foundation (special events and articles on Stoicism).
Plato's Academy (led by Donald Robertson and Kasey Pierce).

Our current schedule of events is on Meetup. We have weekly online events (using Zoom): 3 meetings in English and 1 in Spanish. On the weekends, we have 1 in-person meeting or social event (you'll need to be in Orlando for these). All events are free and open to the public. No prerequisites and no membership needed. Also, no need to read in advance. You can drop-in anytime! The general schedule: Mondays 7PM Eastern, Wednesdays 7PM Eastern, Fridays 7PM Eastern, Saturdays at Noon, and Sundays 9AM Eastern. We also host the annual Stoicon-X Orlando event.

Upcoming Events | Past Events

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This is the archive of press releases for all Dan's groups, events, and related news items. You can download these releases or make links to them (these are perma-links).

2024-02-12 Margaret Graver Speaks at Orlando Stoics
2024-02-19 World's First Stoic Poetry Slam
2024-02-26 Orlando Stoics Reaches 2,800 Members
2024-03-04 StoicDan Guest Lectures at Univ. of Toronoto
2024-03-11 StoicDan Joins Board of The Stoic Fellowship
2024-03-25 StoicDan and The Central Florida Pledge
2024-04-01 StoicDan's Dialogues in Philosophy
2024-04-08 Startup Weekend, First Place Award
2024-04-15 StoicDan and Advent Health
2024-04-22 StoicDan invited to Humanist Conference
2024-05-06 StoicDan Alliances with Two Sister Groups
2024-09-02 Orlando Stoics new class in Spanish
2024-10-14 StoicDan speaks at FSC Symposium
2024-10-30 Orlando and Tampa Stoics Histories
2025-02-03 Orlando Stoics Plans for 2025
2025-04-07 Orlando Stoics 10-Year Celebration
2025-04-21 Flourishing Paper accepted for AOM2025
2025-05-12 StoicDan Spoke at National Day of Prayer at AdventHealth
2025-07-07 Orlando's Home-Grown Philosophy Discussion Group
2025-07-14 StoicDan to Speak in Copenhagen
2025-08-18 StoicDan becomes Organizer of Philosophy Lab in NYC

Dan's official web site has links to many resources, which he's been collecting for years. It also has links to official interviews, speeches at Stoicon conferences, alliances with other groups, free books, and news about philosophy projects. All resources are free at the StoicDan web site.

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