“Dipanshu, I get really angry sometimes. That’s my problem.” She concluded. “Maybe not,” I intervened, “Maybe that’s the symptom of your problem. Maybe your problem is something else.” Learn to differentiate between your problem and its symptom You caught a fever. That’s not your problem. You went out for a walk in the freezing -2’C …
Zeno of Citium, in 3rd century BC, popularized the teachings of Socrates and Heraclitus when he taught philosophy to his students. Zeno’s teachings became the basis of stoicism when the three personalities Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca started practicing it as a way of living. Before we delve into the topic, I’d like you to …
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A deer is peacefully eating grass in the jungle. All of a sudden, it hears a loud noise. Well, that’s the signal- a warning. So with its natural instincts, the deer start running away from the source of the noise, only to get killed by an accident with a truck. That’s the natural instinct of …
Stoicism (n) the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint. I have been reading different philosophies for the past few months now. And, I am amazed at knowing the deeper reasons behind most of the philosophies. To start with it, I first read a basic philosophy book titled “Myths are …
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