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But the harder it is temperamentally, the more useful it is.
by seizethecheese 4y ago
But the harder it is temperamentally, the more useful it is.
- zvmaz 4y agoI don't know. It certainly is an interesting intellectual movement. Bertrand Russell wrote scathingly of Stoicism in his History of Western Philosophy [1], to which Massimo Pigliucci, the author cited above in the comment, responded [2]. I tend to be sympathetic to Russell's critique now, as Stoicism did not "work" for me. [1] https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfWesternPhilosophy/page/n266/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfWesternPhilosophy/pa... [2] https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2017/05/11/bertrand-russell-got-stoicism-seriously-wrong/ https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2017/05/11/bertrand-russ...