Do you study Stoicism?

Natural_Singer · 2021-01-27T05:17:21+00:00

Personally i think its a huge cope. Stoicism for me didnt come from a book, it came from years of overcoming personal hurdles and becoming more and more sure of myself and my abilities.

To read a book and try to force the symptoms of a stoic person without any of the hard learning is objectively the wrong way to go about it

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2021-01-27T05:26:08+00:00

This may be an unpopular opinion, but Marcus Aurelius's Meditations wasn't such a good book for me.

For better undesrstanding of stoic practices and philosophy I highly recommend you Seneca's work, try his multiple essays and also Epicurus's Letter to Menoeceus.

arakouzo · 2021-01-26T18:58:57+00:00

The idea that you are supposed to experience but be mostly unaffected by your emotions and other major life events is new age mental health male-control crap disguised as masculine stuff.

Society doesn't want angry, unfocused, or hedonistic men. Society wants hard workers who don't step out of line. Stoicism is perfect for making more of those. And it's packaged in masculine-sounding language, like staying in control and being productive. But it's really just more of the modern mental health craze, along with everyone seeing a therapist and doing mindfulness meditation every five minutes.

Title	Do you study Stoicism?
Author	Warframe_Immortal
Upvotes	13
Comments	14
Date	January 26, 2021 6:36 PM UTC (5 years ago)
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