>Stoicism was likely influenced by Buddhism through contact with India during the wars of Alexander the Great, and shares a lot with Buddhism So is it directly

>Stoicism was likely influenced by Buddhism through contact with India during the wars of Alexander the Great, and shares a lot with Buddhism So is it directly influenced by Buddhism or we presume. I find both Buddhism and stoicism similar in the sense of self (seeing yourself as a bigger just oneness basically mysticism Bertrand Russel talked about(1)). (1) Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays https://g.co/kgs/UQD6H4 https://g.co/kgs/UQD6H4