Counter-argument: Serenity Prayer. Stoicism isn’t about giving up. The Buddha was also a Quietist I guess on metaphysics: > So, Malunkyaputta, remember what i

Counter-argument: Serenity Prayer. Stoicism isn’t about giving up. The Buddha was also a Quietist I guess on metaphysics: > So, Malunkyaputta, remember what is undeclared by me as undeclared, and what is declared by me as declared… And why are they undeclared by me? Because they are not connected with the goal, are not fundamental to the holy life. They do not lead to disenchantment, dispassion, cessation, calming, direct knowledge, self-awakening, Unbinding. That’s why they are undeclared by me. https://buddhaweekly.com/four-questions-buddha-not-answer-cosmos-finite-space-universe-finite-time-self-different-body-buddha-exist-death/ https://buddhaweekly.com/four-questions-buddha-not-answer-co... Presumably he knew a lot more metaphysics than he ever told. But he was also a noble (Prince) so… :)