For the chapter twelve discussion, for the topic on achieving happiness or the good life I have chose to discuss is Stoicism. The definition of Stoicism is, to prepare for the worst and develop a technique for dealing with it when the worst situation arises. Stoicism and epicureanism are different because epicureans avoid pain, and people who use stoicism learn to cope with pain and feel that pain is essential to living. Stoics embrace pain and learn to live with it and to make the best out of a bad situation, instead of them letting the bad things get them down. Also another good example for stoicism, I think, would be the phrase, “You just have to roll with the punches.” because in stoicism you just have to take what’s coming to you, whether
