Terms

Terms of use

Short and in plain English. What Would Stoics Do is a product of Hacked Ventures. By using it, you agree to these terms. How we handle data is on our privacy page.

Last updated 18 October 2026

Philosophy, not therapy

What Would Stoics Do offers reflections from Stoic philosophy. It is not medical, psychological, legal or financial advice, and it is not a crisis service. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, contact one of these free, confidential services or your local emergency number now.

Quotes and AI commentary

Quotations are verbatim from public-domain and openly licensed translations, with full citations on our sources page. Everything labelled “AI interpretation” is written by AI and can be wrong, incomplete or a poor fit for your situation. Use your own judgement, and read passages in context before relying on them.

Fair use

Please use the site in good faith. Don’t:

use it to harass, threaten or harm anyone;
automate, script or bulk-send questions, or try to get around the daily limit;
overload the service or probe its security;
present AI commentary as the words of a Stoic.

We may limit or block access if these terms are being broken.

Shared pages

Sharing is optional. Once you publish an answer, its anonymised version is public at its own address, so check the preview before you do. You can delete it at any time from the browser you shared it from, or by emailing us the link. We may remove shared pages that still contain personal details or break these terms.

The service

The site is free and provided as is. We try to keep it running and accurate, but we can’t promise it will always be available or error-free, and we may change or withdraw parts of it. If these terms change, we will update this page and the date above.

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