And why is there so much hype around it nowdays?
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Stoicism is an ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. He taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge; the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason that governs nature, and are indifferent to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain.
It’s the opposite of an emotionalism philosophy. Stoics don’t care about their own feelings, much less yours. Think more pragmatic that Mr. Spock from Star Trek, the Vulcans are relatively idealized stoics.
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