Stoiceum stands on the shoulders of many. The philosophers, the translators, the illustrators, and the open-source community that made it possible to build something like this.
First and foremost, the authors whose words this app exists to carry. Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and the many Stoic voices whose fragments survive. And Epictetus, whose teachings reached us only through the careful notes of his student Arrian. Through letters, essays, and notebooks, they left behind a practical philosophy that still speaks clearly today.
Philosophy travels across centuries only through the work of translators. Their names deserve to stand alongside the authors they brought into English. We are grateful to:
And to the many other translators, editors, and scholars, named and unnamed, whose patient work has kept these texts alive for modern readers. Translation is often invisible labour. Here it is visible, and it is appreciated.
Stoiceum is built almost entirely on open-source software. The Kotlin ecosystem, Compose Multiplatform, and dozens of libraries written by developers around the world, often in their own time, form the foundation this app sits on. To the maintainers and contributors of these projects: thank you.
A small selection of the software that made this possible:
Illustrations from Book of Shapes by Nikolaj Sokolowski. His geometric, contemplative visual language gave the app a texture and a mood it would not otherwise have had.
To the early readers, the testers, the friends who installed a half-finished build and said "keep going", and to everyone who has written to offer a thought, a correction, or a kind word. Thank you. This app is better because of you.
If you are reading this, you are part of the reason Stoiceum exists. Philosophy is meant to be practiced together, even when the practice is solitary. Thank you for being here.
"If you wish to be a writer, write." Epictetus. And if you wish to build something, build it. This one was built with a great deal of help.