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> The short of it is: nothing is good or bad Kicks off personal viewpoint with key element of Stoic thinking :)
by katzgrau 5y ago
> The short of it is: nothing is good or bad
Kicks off personal viewpoint with key element of Stoic thinking :)
- manmal 5y agoIt’s the key element of almost every philosophical school though?
- somedude895 5y agoEpicureanism, which is somewhat of the opposite of Stoicism, sees pain and unfulfilled desires as evils that need to be fought constantly. The removal of pain and fulfillment of desires, accordingly, is the "good." Also, I'm pretty sure many Eastern philosophies have concepts of good and bad.
- beardbound 5y agoThe four noble truths kind of touch on this (which if memory serves are all life is suffering, suffering comes from desire, and the cessation of desire causes the end of suffering, and the fourth one... Cessation of desire leads to nirvanna maybe?), as well as the the three poisons, sometimes called sins (greed, anger, and delusion which when overcome become wisdom, generosity, and compassion).