> Stoicism isn't about the avoidance of suffering. It's about accepting fate That's actually a Roman-Christian reinterpretation of the Greek philosophy. The G

> Stoicism isn't about the avoidance of suffering. It's about accepting fate That's actually a Roman-Christian reinterpretation of the Greek philosophy. The Greek teaching in a nutshell is that what depends on you depends on you, and what doesn't depend on you (such as others or nature) does not -- and therefor shouldn't be a source of frustration. (It says nowhere, as you note a few sentences later, that you should accept the would-be source of the frustration; just that you shouldn't be frustrated about it -- while working on improving the situation if you feel strongly about it.)