Stoicism

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Stoicism
Stoicism is the belief of determinism, and the approach attempts to use reason over emotions. As such, Stoics believe that people are all part of one big whole and that we are tied together via logic. During the Roman Empire, stoicism was a philosophy, and many high profile Romans such as Marcus Aurelius adopted this part of thinking. Stoicism made life more comfortable since it operated on the principle of determinism. Determinism perceives that everything that happens is already determined and that there is nothing we can do to alter the course. As such, the Stoics could only change their attitude towards events in their life. The aspect made life simpler by mitigating sufferings and worry over uncontrollable things in life. Stoics believed that many things in life were bound to happen and that there is nothing they can do to control them. For Stoics, never thought of worry and whining but preparing for the worst prevented bad things from happening since they were predetermined to happen by the force of logos.
The phrase 1 “begin the morning by saying to yourself; I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, and unsocial “ (Long 1) shows evidence of Stoic thinking. The phrase portrays the aspect of determinism and hence helps a person prepare for the worst in the event the situation occurs. As such, this would make their lives easier since they are prepared and know that they can do nothing to change the position.

The phrase continues to allege that those who have participated in the portion of intelligence cannot be injured since nobody can fix what is ugly. The statement is an indication that there is nothing you can do to change the outcome which is line with the stoic thinking. Additionally, the aspect where it alleges that someone cannot be angry with a kinsman shows eradication worry hence someone should prepare for the worst in life thus making life more comfortable.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY Long, Trans. George. “Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.” 1890. Document.