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Stoicism ThePhoenixFire • 1 year ago • 100%
In his Meditations, the Roman emperor and stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius defines temperance as "a virtue opposed to love of pleasure".

"Wipe out imagination: check desire: extinguish appetite: keep the ruling faculty in its own power."

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Stoicism ThePhoenixFire • 1 year ago • 100%
"If you kiss your child, or your wife, say that you only kiss things which are human, and thus you will not be disturbed if either of them dies." -epictetus
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Stoicism hank90 • 1 year ago • 100%
please help me understand this quote by Marcus Aurelius

“if you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

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Stoicism hank90 • 1 year ago • 100%
How to deal with those who are racist?

I’ve found myself to be intolerant of those around me who are racist. I would prefer to distance myself from them but circumstances being what they are, I am unable to do that. How would stoicism view this problem?

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