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35. Stoicism and bullying

Philosophy as a Way of Life

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How Do You Respond to Insults?

A lot of bullying is baiting, where the person has a go at you and what they really want you to do is kind of to go back at them. And that will then have a negative sort of feedback and then you'll get the next round. So I guess the vampire analogy for me is like the way I understand the stoic view on on responding to insults which has been dealt with by Irvine and others. The thing that you have control over is how you respond. If you don't let the inside across the threshold what if you more or less kind of put it on hold.

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