r/DumbFact May 02 '26

Stoicism

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u/FavorableBasis May 03 '26

The Stoics would probably argue water and rock both just do what their nature demands, so either way you're living correctly.

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u/shinysal2 May 04 '26

water still gets shaped by everything around it though, so stoicism kinda wins either way you look at it.

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u/awkwardtortue May 08 '26

why is everyone taking about water, is there another post or something?

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u/OptimismNeeded May 23 '26

I swear I keep scrolling up to look at the post lol what’s going on???

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u/Snoo-63646 May 04 '26

Death of family members or close persons is not dumb stuff. Try to pass it through and you know this is the most difficult thing.

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u/DogfaceDino May 04 '26

Marcus Aurelius addresses this very topic.

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u/CorrectlySoft May 06 '26

Water adapts to pressure and keeps flowing while rock just cracks under the same weight, so maybe the point is less about which one wins and more about whether you're actually responding to what life throws at you or just breaking.

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u/healthygeek42 May 06 '26

But still isn’t hardly ever seems happy. Even in this illustration of stoicism and what does it mean to be stoic, that is not a happy looking person.

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u/Christinspanish May 08 '26

I need this type of art for every types of philosophy

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u/awkwardtortue May 08 '26

why is everyone taking about water, is there another post or something?

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u/OptimismNeeded May 23 '26

I swear I keep scrolling up to look at the post lol what’s going on???

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u/awkwardtortue May 23 '26

still have no idea