Ataraxia — Letters from Stoics

Tell the Stoics what is wrong. They answer — a letter to read, or ten minutes to hear. A thinking tool built on 2,300 years of Stoic philosophy. Not therapy, not meditation, not a diagnosis — reason applied to disturbance. It reaches you in three ways. THE LETTER · Write, and a Stoic writes back Say the thing you have been turning over, and a letter comes back, written to what you actually said. It meets your trouble with what Seneca and Marcus Aurelius already knew about it, and names one thing to try today. Write it, or speak it and let the app write it down. The reply quotes the passages themselves, word for word and cited — never paraphrased, never invented. It can be read aloud, kept in your Marginalia, or saved as a page, like a letter on paper. THE ANTIDOTE · Ten minutes, read aloud Some nights a passage is not enough. Then a voice stays with one feeling for ten minutes — the argument the Stoics made against it, read to you, so you can just listen. Ten readings, one for each feeling this app knows: grief, anger, overthinking, wanting control, and six more. Each is composed for that feeling in particular, in five movements that move from where you are to somewhere steadier. Each downloads once and then lives on your phone, so it plays with no signal. THE PASSAGE · One each day Chosen for the feeling you are in. Half a minute to sit inside it, with a slow breath if you want one — that is the whole practice. Then, if you like, a private note of what it stirred. THE LIBRARY 880 passages from 42 writers: Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, and those who carried their argument forward, from Montaigne to Emerson. Meet each of them — profiles, works and eras. Everything you keep gathers in your Marginalia, searchable. Any passage can be read aloud in one of three unhurried voices, with playback controls on your lock screen. EVERYWHERE YOU GLANCE A morning passage on a gentle notification, your home screen and your lock screen. Home-screen and lock-screen widgets, StandBy on your nightstand, and an Apple Watch app with complications. WHAT IS FREE One Letter a month. One complete Antidote a month — and the first movement is free in every room, always. The daily passage, the sitting, the reflection, your history and your patterns. Saving a Letter as a page: free, and always will be. THE INNER CITADEL Letters whenever you need them. All ten Antidotes in full. The complete library, readings aloud without a cap, Marginalia export and the premium widgets. YOURS, PRIVATELY No account and no login. Your reflections stay on your device. What you write for a Letter is sent once to compose the reply and is kept nowhere but on your phone. Anonymous usage analytics help improve the app; they never include what you write, and you can turn them off in Settings. The full policy: https://mariuscimpoesu1981.github.io/AtaraxiaRepo/privacy/ A NOTE OF CARE Ataraxia is philosophy, not therapy. It does not diagnose or treat any condition, and it is not a substitute for professional help. If you are in crisis, the app links to crisis resources — please reach out to support near you. SUBSCRIPTION The Inner Citadel is an auto-renewing subscription, available monthly or annually, each with a free trial. Prices are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mariuscimpoesu1981.github.io/AtaraxiaRepo/privacy/