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The Philosophers: Stoic revival

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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The Relationship Between Stoicism and Eastern Philosophy

Stoicism strikes me as a very distinctly western counterpart to buddhism. Both seem to aim at the same thing, which is some kind of healthy acceptance of the limits of our condition. I think they are remark similar. And i like this idea that the stoics would have, had they known about the zen buddhists, if they were alive to day, would take everything they like and incorporate it as their own. So, the idea that wisdom is wisdom, whether it comes from the east or west. If you use it, if it makes you better, if it making you more virtuous, take it. It does remind me of convergent evolution,. Bats and

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