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Stoicism only became popular in Greek philosophy after they lost to Alexander the Great. It was not the glorious philosophy of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, t
by mymythisisthis 7y ago
Stoicism only became popular in Greek philosophy after they lost to Alexander the Great.
It was not the glorious philosophy of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, that talked about what a society should do. Stoicism only talked about how to cope.
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- dgellow 7y ago> Stoicism only talked about how to cope. I may be reading your comment incorrectly but when you say “[they] only became popular”, “[they] only talked about [...]” that sounds a bit pejorative. Isn’t it as important to talk about how to cope with a situation than what an ideal society should do? To me they both seem to be things to talk about, one isn’t more important than the other. To be honest I’m not familiar enough to know if that’s something we got from stoicism but that seems to be a great addition to our thinking toolkit.