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one of my favorite things from reading Nietzsche is that he considered Stoic's to be kill-joy's :) And as much as I like reading "Meditations" when I get too i
by DyslexicAtheist 3y ago
one of my favorite things from reading Nietzsche is that he considered Stoic's to be kill-joy's :)
And as much as I like reading "Meditations" when I get too immersed in self-critic and self-control I remember Nietzsche and feel much better again.
https://medium.com/@tomic.edward/nietzsches-devastating-critique-of-stoicism-in-beyond-good-and-evil-8f74b558dc2d https://medium.com/@tomic.edward/nietzsches-devastating-crit...
- interiorchurch 3y agoSeriously, if stoicism is so good for mental health why did so many of them suicide? And why was Marcus Aurelius specifically such a poor father? Seems like a bad track record to me. I'd rather party with the Nietzscheans.
- konart 3y agoDifferent cultures at different times viewed suicide differently under different situations. Suicide is not necessarily a result of a mental problem.