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user-inactivated · 1594 days ago · link · · parent · post: How to be happy? Most people have it backwards.
I did not know that Stoicism has been given a bad name recently, which is a shame. There's a lot of things in there that I find agreeable, such as the need to place emphasis on deeds over words and how a healthy outlook approach to detachment can help us focus on what is right and important over what is desired. "Meditations" makes for a pretty good read, from what I've thumbed through. Dala bought two translations. I think she got the Gregory Hays translation with herself in mind, as it's written in modern English and is therefore easier to follow, and she got the Martin Hammond translation for me, cause it's a little more poetic, and she knows how much I love poetry with my religion/philosophy.