‘To live in accordance with nature.’ -Epictetus Nietzsche might actually be misreading the stoics here (is that heretical to say?), or I am not privy to the an

‘To live in accordance with nature.’ -Epictetus Nietzsche might actually be misreading the stoics here (is that heretical to say?), or I am not privy to the angle of his attack. The stoic viewpoint is to play your role according to where you find yourself. Suffering is unavoidable. A stoic accepts this fact and does not let it perturb him. An ideal stoic fears neither pain nor death, and goes willingly to death when called. This in my view is what is meant by ‘living in accordance with nature.’ Respect for the bounds of your existence, and not giving into the depression and self pity that can accompany a less than lavish or comfortable existence. Not really a philosophy of ‘raging against the dying of the light.’