the original texts

I think there are two sources that result in people recommending newcomers read "the original texts" first. (There are no original texts, but that's a different story.) One source comes from academia …

If you understood Tradition Stoicism, you wouldn’t have to ask. Dig deeper and keep reading from the original texts.

We’ve lost the original texts of the founders of the school, so unlike Plato who survives complete or Aristotle who we have a decent chunk of, we have to rely on later Stoics, who are adapting the ear…

I would personally start with following the more modern view, listen to Ryan Holiday's podcast (Daily Stoic), read his works. Check out some of the resources (modernstoicism.com) out there which send …