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The Philosophers: Stoic revival
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Stoic Vision of Happiness
The stoics talk about the smooth flow of life that comes when one lives with virtue and in accordance with nature. Aristotle idea of udimonea human flourishing is probably closer to the stoic's definition of happiness than pleasure or success, according to other schools. When i think of moments that i'm happy, it's usually when i'm sort of doing my job well, like i'm making a positive contribution to the world. It's when i've eliminated the inessential things from life, right? Caring what other people think, pointless obligations, business trivia, gossip, anger, et cetera. Right?
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