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The parent's comment is actually incorrect: what he described is not Stoicism. Stoicism is the philosophy whereby you accept things that are outside your contro

• im3w1l 10y ago
  Could you give an example of something that is completely outside control, that we need to just accept?
  • ivm 10y ago
    Death.
    • im3w1l 10y ago
      There are ongoing efforts to defeat death.
      • ivm 10y ago
        Postpone, it will never be defeated on the scale of the universe.
        • grzm 10y ago
          Have hope! Given enough time, perhaps we can figure out how to hop on over to the next one.
          • ivm 10y ago
            This idea moves it to the metaphysical territory where axioms about the nature of existence will collide. But in case yours are right, I doubt that going to such extent to evade death can keep anyone in peace with life.
            • grzm 10y ago
              Agreed. (Or should I say, I'll think about it?)
  • adrianratnapala 10y ago
    It's interesting that ivm's repoiste wasn't even hard. But also completely outside your control is the wrong bar. You should triage and fix the things that are most fixable. And even then, there is no point wallowing in angst when fate stymies your efforts.
    • im3w1l 10y ago
      I agree with you. But since enraged_camel said > In contrast, the examples you gave are situations in which the person does have some manner of control, no matter how small. I thought it could be interesting to ask for clarification of what needs to be accepted according to that guideline.
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  • enraged_camel 10y ago
    The weather.
    • im3w1l 10y ago
      We can control the weather with cloud seeding.