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an ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge, and that the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason (also identified with Fate and Providence) that governs nature, and are indifferent to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain.
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Seneca's take on suicide
He is really advocating euthanasia, rather than suicide. That is dying based on poor quality of life, rather than sorrow or disappointment or setbacks, and so on.
It is crucial to war that people be w …
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Hegelian dialectic to transcend Stoic vs Nietzsche?
In this answer I talk about the history and status of the idea of the dialectic: Relation of dialectics, as of Hegel and Marx, toward Enlightenment liberalism
In this answer, I argue that a pivotal fi …
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Should happiness be attained by reforming the world around us for the better or by accepting...
It is common to describe Stoicism as a form of Quietism, as the withdrawal from attempts to change things. …
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Are there any stoic suggestions around dealing with unneeded hard truths and happy unknowing...
"Anyone who loves the law or sausages should never watch either being
made" -proverb, often referred to by the idiom 'how the sausage gets
made'
Stoicism does not advise us to look away from unpleasant … While Stoic thought does not urge us to goad or provoke others with what we think we know either, but I think you are misunderstanding Stoicism, if you think it advocates protecting others from the hard …
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There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Are these words of Shakespeare,inspi...
The inspiration:
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and
you will find strength.”
―Marcus Aurelius, from his Meditations
Comparable, but very different in intent. In A …
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