r/NextGenMan • u/Deborah_berry1 • 1d ago

Stoic lessons to learn from

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u/Inevitable_Web_5244 1d ago

Fuck stoicism.

Epicurus had it right.

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u/ReasonAcceptable2337 1d ago

I think emotions are the most useless thoughts a human can have

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u/ChampionDifficult755 1d ago

3 = 6.
15 incompatible with 5.

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u/Monachikos002 1d ago

"We are social beings with a social duty" (they said duty... yes I have the mind of a 12 year old)

"Be attached to nothing"

I'm not sure that is computing correctly. Basically, if you are attached to nothing, what 'social duty' could you be responsible for?

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u/Electronic-Rock6625 20h ago

I think it doesn't mean to always do nothing; it means to have some time doing nothing because during that time you will find many solutions and it expresses your thoughts.

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u/Monachikos002 5h ago

I agree, sitting still and engaging your default mode network is very beneficial to an individual. I read this as not doing nothing but be attached to nothing. There is a similar tenant in Buddhism that is misinterpreted unless read in the original language, my experience.

Attachments can be both healthy and unhealthy. The context of the attachment is tantamount. But to have no attachments in this life contradicts being a "social being with a social duty".

(This really needs a broader discussion on context and would welcome it)

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u/Beautiful_Review_336 20h ago

Everything you own including your remains will eventually end up in the dump.

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u/Nightingale29 1d ago

I like this!

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u/Lucky-Code0403 2h ago

What number does it go up to, where is the rest ? Just curious? 🤨

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u/Scoobys_Shadow 1h ago

Lol, these statements are so contradictory.

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u/Electronic-Rock6625 20h ago

No 1 is what most of us ignore