Plutarch on Tranquility of Mind

<p>How do you keep a positive frame of mind in challenging circumstances?  Troubles with loved ones, at work, with poverty, business?  Try this tool, drawn from a passage of Plutarch's moral writings (Moralia).</p><p><br>Treatise mentioned: On Tranquility of Mind (from the Moralia)<br>People Mentioned:<br>Paccius - a Roman senator, not known outside of Plutarch's works.  Possibly a friend or acquaintance of Pliny the Younger, Tacitus.<br>Epaminondas - Famous Theban general and statesman.  Major character in the Life of Pelopidas, brief mention in the Life of Eumenes.<br>Fabricius - Famous Roman general and statesman.  Major character in the Life of Pyrrhus (also coming soon)</p><p>Tool discussed: reframing the conception of external circumstances, in order to alter one's inner state.</p>