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Neostoicism Redux

The following missive was originally posted to an earlier version of this site on 13 December 2012. I have updated its contents for the present day. Stoicism was a school of ancient Greek philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium that espoused the strict governance of emotions and the rule of logic. Contrary to the form of stoicism practiced by a certain pointy-eared spaceman, classical…

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Neostoicism Redux

Stoicism was a school of Greek philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium that espoused the strict governance of emotions and the rule of logic. Contrary to the form of stoicism practiced by a certain pointy-eared spaceman, classical Stoicism did not espouse the suppression of emotions, but rather controlling them, allowing the positive emotions freedom without letting them reign over logic…

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