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Matt Speaks to His 6th Favorite Person in the World (Dr. Peter Kreeft) | Ep. 461

Pints With Aquinas

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Stoicism, Buddhism, and Christianity - Different Approaches to Desire

Stoicism and Judaism share a common understanding of symptoms, diagnosis, and prognosis with a different method of achieving control through reason. Buddhism goes beyond reason into a realm without a name, different from the mystical Hindu concept of Brahman, which lacks a God - making Buddhism a form of atheism. Buddhism addresses desire as the root cause of unhappiness and suggests killing desire as a solution. However, Christianity presents a unique approach by advocating for a transformation of desire rather than its abolition or satisfaction, requiring a supernatural change of heart.

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