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"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not because of the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the energy to revoke at any moment." (Marcus Aurelius, Meditations) If you are into self-help and personal development, you've most likely come across the terms stoicism and stoic beliefs a lot these days. Unlike a fancy-sounding pop mindset style or personal development magic pill, stoicism is a robust ancient Greek beliefs concept. It had been first introduced by Greek philosopher Zeno of Citium (as far back as 300 BC) as a modification of cynicism which discusses self-control, restraint, and fortitude for combating dangerous/harmful emotions. Stoicism in rule doesn't demand completely demolishing emotions, but restructuring them through asceticism (abstinence from pleasures of the world) which eventually leads the given individual to attain clearer common sense, a solid sense of internal calmness and liberation from fighting/misery. The best goal of stoicism is freeing your daily life from suffering. That is what is book is focused on. In booklet one of the two-part series become familiar with everything regarding stoicism, including:
- Beliefs of the mind
- Pneuma and scala naturae
- Stoicism and the spirit
- Stoic logic and the mind
- Stoicism vs. Epicureanism
- Stoicism and cynicism
- The record of stoicism
- The essential ethics of stoicism
- How you can apply stoic beliefs to your daily life
- And a lot more!
