Did you mean to ask if they are a contradiction in terms? I'm not an expert, but would say that they are not. As far as I can tell the modern word 'stoic' does

Did you mean to ask if they are a contradiction in terms? I'm not an expert, but would say that they are not. As far as I can tell the modern word 'stoic' does not give a good idea of what Stoicism is about. In regards to feelings, I believe the idea behind Stoicism is happiness can be found as a result of not letting ourselves suffer from 'unreasonable' thoughts. To quote wikipedia: "... the Stoics held that unhappiness and evil are the results of human ignorance of the reason in nature. If someone is unkind, it is because they are unaware of their own universal reason, which leads to the conclusion of unkindness. The solution to evil and unhappiness then is the practice of Stoic philosophy: to examine one's own judgments and behavior and determine where they diverge from the universal reason of nature." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism#Ethics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism#Ethics