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But I just think that is not completely correct either - a big part of Stoicism, unless I am missing something, is also being a better person holistically. A w

But I just think that is not completely correct either - a big part of Stoicism, unless I am missing something, is also being a better person holistically. A world where everyone doesn't care about things generally (like a popular negative generalization of Stoicism) doesn't ever work. A world where everyone is focused on being the best version of themselves might work better than everyone being focused on making the best world. I think that gets looped into Stoic teaching as well.

ByteJockey 6y ago
Y'know, I don't think I've ever heard someone use that exact sentence, but I think it's an ok distillation for parts of stoicism (depending on your definition of better, that word has a lot of baggage when applied to human beings), especially the parts Seneca focuses on if I'm recalling them correctly. Ultimately I think the problem is trying to distill it down to a single sentence. Perhaps I was in error in attempting to provide a better example of something that cannot be done adequately, it may have just caused more confusion.