Stoicism Comparisons

Commenters overwhelmingly compare the article's ideas to Stoicism, arguing it is repackaged or inferior to the ancient philosophy and recommending texts like Meditations by Marcus Aurelius or works by Epictetus.

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whiplash451 Nov 17, 2024 View on HN

How is that different from stoicism ? Asking genuinely.

eimrine Jul 17, 2022 View on HN

I have not found the answer for the question claimed in header. Stoicism seems having much more sophistication then this.

i offer you the philosophy of stoicism, look into the life of marcus aurelius

eimrine May 27, 2023 View on HN

Probably Stoicism answers the question instead of the article.

ctalladen78 May 24, 2017 View on HN

im into stoicism and i see alot of maxims from the meditations

barleymash May 6, 2019 View on HN

Any reading on stoicism that you recommend?

orzig Dec 25, 2024 View on HN

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it sounds like you should look into stoic philosophy. I think it is overly hyped, and actually caused me some damage when I applied it too much, for too long, but definitely one of several worthwhile perspectives to have deeply internalized.

highwaylights Aug 30, 2023 View on HN

Exactly. Tell them about Stoicism instead!

philwelch Sep 7, 2018 View on HN

That's not a terrible one-line summary of stoicism.

bitexploder Jun 2, 2019 View on HN

Well, that is kind of the tl;dr of the philosophy, but there is a lot more to it. Stoicism has a lot more depth and was a competing life philosophy in Ancient Greece. I would recommend Longs dive into Epictetus. It is much more academic and should tickle deeper thinking about Stoicism than meditations.