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"perfect" is a weird word to use in stoicism, but I do think it can be used to justify that things "are the way they are" and shrug it off with some visualizati
by betenoire 2y ago
"perfect" is a weird word to use in stoicism, but I do think it can be used to justify that things "are the way they are" and shrug it off with some visualization.
- pj_mukh 2y agoI always saw Stoicism as “things around you are going to be really screwed up and panicking about it will make it worse” The first part of that sentence is opposite to what the author here suggests.
- betenoire 2y agoboth "screwed up" and "perfect" are judgements calls/perspectives, and panicking isn't going to change things (panic doesn't necessarily make something worse either)
- bigstrat2003 2y agoI think panic almost always makes things worse. There's a reason that in an emergency, the first piece of advice to people is "don't panic".
- betenoire 2y agoalmost is the key term here, yes, it depends on the situation causing the panic.
- tekla 2y agoPanic always makes things worse
- betenoire 2y agoyou can't think of an example where it doesn't? I can. I'm not saying there is any virtue to it, but panic can subside without having had negative side effects on anything other than your mood