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Who decided that being the lone wolf uber stoic was a bad thing in the first place and therefore deserves the toxic appellation? I’m sure in certain environmen
by gunfighthacksaw 5y ago
Who decided that being the lone wolf uber stoic was a bad thing in the first place and therefore deserves the toxic appellation?
I’m sure in certain environments such an approach to life is the optimal strategy.
Similarly with “men need to share emotions” but perfectly legitimate emotions associated with masculinity (like anger) are toxic.
Who came up with this stuff and why?
- tomjakubowski 5y agoDoing a bit of thread necromancy and nitpicking here, but just want to point out that classical stoicism is not about being a lone wolf. Quite the opposite, in fact. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_9 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Let...