Stoicism

Viktor Frankl's existentialist position, stoicism can be seen as an escape from reality as well as a representation of "fool's paradise." This means that while internal chaos exists within the individual, they present the perfect veneer to the outside world. By believing in this perfect universe…

have seemingly battled each other since the dawn of humanity. But which one prevails in the end? In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses parallelism between symbols and characters, along with fulfilling of the rosebush motif to portray that stoicism can outlast both love and hate. Hawthorne employed three different symbols throughout The Scarlet Letter: a rosebush, iron, and wood. This clever repetition acts as a double-edged blade within the story. In the first chapter, Hawthorne tells…

beyond individual’s control; everyone should accept everything that happens in daily life. However, individuals are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. Different from Christianity, Stoicism…

The Stoics argument behind passions and emotions being bad presents a good explanation behind how passions can negatively affect reason, however some proponents of stoicism neglect the possibility of the passions’ potential ability to coexist with rationality, furthermore, ambiguity engenders hesitations of the validity behind the argument. The Stoic definition of emotions is synonymously with passions, which are excessive impulses in response to objects or stimulus (Stoics, 1987). Most Stoic’s…

Stoicism is “the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint” as said by the Oxford Dictionaries. Stoicism is not ideal in every situation but some instances it is necessary. Some instances such as facing a sadist, a person who enjoys inflicting pain on someone else, stoicism is necessary. For instance, a bully harms their victim but if the victim is stoic the bully just may leave them alone. Other instances such as when facing depression, stoicism may be…

Skepticism, Stoicism, and Epicureanism all contain important truths. Skepticism is correct in saying that believing ideas to be certain which one cannot be certain of causes unhappiness. Stoics are not wrong that one’s perception of and response to events can cause happiness or unhappiness. Epicureans are right that rationally seeking pleasure may often cause one to find it. But when taken as one’s sole worldview, Epicureanism determines the best life for man. The central belief of Epicureanism…

1. The first type of involuntary action Aristotle describes is those done under compulsion, where the individual is not in control of what is happening. In other words, external cause is the only factor that contributed to one’s actions. The latter type is involuntary actions done through ignorance. This is dependent on the degree of one’s ignorance; ignorance that isn’t one’s fault is considered excusable, and it does not include willful ignorance, ignorance of the law, and recklessness or…

The government thought that the witnessing of large scale bombing and deaths of children and civilian would be bade for spirit, which is why in the year 1940, official evacuation and re-evacuation occurred The author demonstrates a great deal of “stoicism” and “resilience”, as well as the factual content. The author creates the image of a terrible impact towards the country. For example, there were a staggering 430 deaths, and 600,000 women and children being evacuated. Operation Pied Piper,…

is considered acceptable among the Jedi Code, the relationship between father and son demonstrated between Darth Vader and Luke is mild enough to be considered acceptable. In fact, I declare that Luke is the one who does not uphold the tenets of Stoicism and the Code in this scene—he protests Anakin’s death, showing the same refusal towards his loved ones dying as Anakin showed in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Anakin does not show the unacceptable amount of attachment as Luke…

understanding of humans and their behavior. In all of his works, Wilson goes on to explain his thoughts on how and why humans act the ways they do. In one of his works his suggests, “The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.” This quote can be interpreted in several ways. Therefore, the question here is, what is Wilson trying to state about the average man/woman? The way I perceive this quote is simply that Colin Wilson is…