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johnnyFive  ·  1350 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dala got "Epictetus' Disources and Selected Writings" as translated by Robbert

Yeah, and I do think the ultimate conclusion is basically never doing anything for anyone else. After all, one reading of Stoic teachings is that if something bad happens to someone else, their being unhappy is the result of their lack of Stoicism, which isn't something you can control, and so you shouldn't deal with it. I'm also not sure how you square Stoicism with any meaningful attempts at change.