Slashing Through Misogyny With Fiery Passion: Stoicism’s Iron Woman

Porcia Catonis is one of ancient Rome’s most famous female philosophers.

Alen (Julian) Bašić
The Apeiron Blog
Published in
8 min readMar 12, 2021

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Porcia Catonis was a woman who breathed pure fire, shown by the way she allegedly committed suicide by swallowing red hot coal from a fire.

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