QUESTION: What is the difference between Stoicism with a capital S and stoicism with a lowercase s? Thanks Rebecca for the question. MY THOUGHTS: Stoicism (with a capital 'S'): When you see Stoicism with a capital S it refers to a specific philosophical school of thought that originated in ancient Greece around the 3rd century BC. Founded by Zeno of Citium, Stoicism became one of the major schools of philosophy in the Roman and Greek world. The Stoics, including prominent figures such as Marcus