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It requires ones own mind to fell “taken advantage of” - if one is smart enough to be kind, one most remember to be kind to oneself as well, and not care about
by lokimedes 1y ago
It requires ones own mind to fell “taken advantage of” - if one is smart enough to be kind, one most remember to be kind to oneself as well, and not care about what the sad critters gets from the leftovers.
Stoicism promote exactly this virtue of understanding that you are in control of interpreting your own feelings.
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- whatevertrevor 1y agoOn the other hand, your feelings don't exist in a vacuum, disconnected from your external state. If you genuinely feel taken advantage of, no amount of self-delusion is going to make you truly over it, until you acknowledge the source of it, and take steps to protect yourself against it in the future. Very easy to over-extend stoicism to your own detriment, physically and mentally.