"we don't have a great war in our generation, or a great depression, but we do, we have a great war of the spirit. We have a great revolution aginst the culture. The great depression is our lives. We have a spiritual depression."
I am not religious but do enjoy Buddhist
and Stoic philosophy. ... I want to wear a
toga, speak Latin and talk about Stoic philosophy and how bad ass
Marcus Aurelius was.
Epicurean or a Stoic (or both, or -horror vacui- neither).
Can somebody make a test to give me a clue.UPDATE: I'm really
intrigued by the teachings of Spinoza. Spinoza might be the perfect
fusion of Newton, Einstein, Euclid, Euler, Epicure and the stoics
(all that ... , Stoa , Stoic , history of
by
People generally have a great breadth of intelligence. Some only think that they do. Stoic philosophers thought that one must understand Physics and... ...
by Stoic_Socialist
Hi! It's me, Stoic Socialist.
Today, I'll be testing to see if you can survive a zombie uprising.
Hop in and join the fun-train! ...
by GraemeQewe
Well, why not a test on the history of Philosophy.
How much do you really know about the philosophers from ancient times till the 20th century? ...
by NekoChii
Do you think you're a Kyo fangirl? Have an interest in heavy rock music where you don't understand a word the vocalist says? Think you know it all? ... ...
by Sakaya
Emperor, Pleb, Patrician, Slave? Who in the HBO's groundbreaking series are you? Do you have the principles of Vorenus or the passion of Pullo? The... ...
by happy-to-be
The Stoics on why we should strive to be free of the passions
by Keith Seddon (2000) "...The Stoic ... The Stoics say that we should take the
Stoic path because this is the very best that we can achieve; the
taking of any other path would be irrational. Does this not leave
the follower of the Stoic
by tmurolo
or Stoic... Not
completely understanding the full meaning of the word stoic, I
looked it up. And his disturbs me slightly, seeing as that seemed
to be the one word most frequently given. As I am not a student of
the stoic ... stoic?
I've always thought myself to be rather introverted, but never
stoic
by StoicMuse
it in my profile so here goes: Stoic Muse: well, its my
penn name, the name I started gogin by when I wrote my poetry or
other writings and eventually even for my art. Stoic Muse has a
couple interesting meanings, lets start with the first half Stoic. ... So, as you can see
Stoic Muse fit me pretty
by haysugar
Stoic Love Some say “ Infatuation”. ...
In my heart’s treasury, “IT” dwells, Unknown, unseen, untouched And
born is “The Stoic Love” Haysugar
Comment by GingerSpices
<<<"[The ideal Stoic sage] will experience all the
sensations and emotions which are ... More to the point, I don't think Stoicism
supports 'loving pain', because that's.. pretty fucked up. On the
contrary, when it's said that the Stoic sage would be "happy in
spite of physical torments", I
Comment by atomicturtle
well, stoic - for lack
of a better word.
Comment by cthulhulove
Stoic longer guy IS cool. However, cool does not equate to being
happy. I used to be stoic loner guy, and everyone thought I was
cool and mysterious, but I was so lonely I tried to hang ... You can't be stoic loner guy and have a
close friend as far as my experience tells me.
Comment by Idster
You're implying that the only way to
"really" live, to "really" feel, to "really" know an experience is
to approach it with an almost stoic pretense. ... I am certainly not implying that the only way to
really live and feel is to approach it with stoic pretense.
Comment by _cynosure_
my height, emotional problems with a
stoic nature, likes rough sex *however, I think all women are
beautiful. Men: short messy hair, bruce lee muscles, tattoos,
indie, fitted jeans/shirts, taller than me but not a giant,
emotional problems with a stoic nature, not a pussy/masculine,
likes rough
Comment by autosocratic
His Meditations
are the zenith of Stoic philosophy in the face of hardship, always
maintaining a level head, always trying to do the right thing even ... Epictetus - This is more in the same vein as he's another
Stoic philosopher, but his style is simultaneously more aggressive
and more detached.
Comment by Morgan_Gavin
" the father only grabbed another glass ful of beer
before becoming stoic and silent.