Worldatlas.comStoryboardThe 4 Stoic Virtues to Achieve HappinessCurated byWorldatlas.comStoicism is the trendy philosophy of today, but it isn't new and has foundations in ancient Greece. Stoicism was one of the major philosophical approaches to virtue ethics, an approach to ethics where virtue is central. The stoics believed in the importance of four fundamental virtues, wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice. These virtues are the four "cardinal virtues" and were seen as necessary to attain life's goal, eudaimonia or happiness.