sto·i·cism
[ˈstōəˌsizəm]
NOUN
1. the endurance of pain or
hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint. SIMILAR: patience; forbearance; resignation; lack of protest
2. 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; 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.
From the article:
"Stoicism developed as a unified philosophy that sought to understand the essence of knowledge and the natural order of the cosmos."
"…focused on self-sufficiency, benevolent calm, and a near-indifference to pain, poverty, and death. This would in turn lead to happiness (in the eudaimonic sense of the word)."
Questions:
- On a scale of 1-10, 10 being totally stoic, how stoic are you?
- How stoic would you like to be?
- What keeps people from being stoic? What’s the(ir) problem?
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