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Stoicism in Ancient Rome was COMPLETELY about controlling your emotions, though. And in Greece it was never that big of a deal. The stoics we remember today are all Roman. Marcus Aurelius, Epicurious, Seneca. Meditations is largely Marcus Aurelius soothing himself with logical arguments. Im not doing it full justice but the passages read like “A whole is not less than its parts, Humans are intelligent, therefore the…
> Stoicism in Ancient Rome was COMPLETELY about controlling your emotions, This is so false it deserves comment. For example, the SEP for Stoicism [1]. You'll notice that the first entire two sections are Physical Theory and Logic. Ethics comes later and it isn't until 4.3 (after Telos and Virtue) that you get to indifference. From the intro: "Stoic philosophy was, from Zeno onwards, conceived of as comprising three…
Although, I am convinced Marcus Aurelius used Stoicism as a tool to control his emotions. Meditations reminded me of cognitive behavioral therapy. Repetitive soothing phrases to induce equanimity.