/lit/ - Literature

To live a fulfilling life, should you contemplate your own death?

Lifeisn'trocketscienceism

I need good books about argumentative logic and stoicism.

I'm a guileless retard but I can map up and read it if it's super-dry

>>2580718
Certainly not. Stoicism is without a doubt the most robust outlook one can apply in their life. In stoicism we accept pain instead of trying to eliminate it, overcoming our hardship at a more fundamental level. Also we learn to not seek pleasure because the pursuit of pleasure translates to an avoidance of pain. When we concern ourselves only with contextualizing our lives in terms of pleasure and pain we are reduced to the level of an animal. Of course I recognize the current zeitgeist that states we are only animals. I'll just say stoicism is for people who aren't happy with living on those terms. However Stoicism is a practical life philosophy. One only needs to take a glance at /r9k/ to see that for many (read as /r9k/) the avoidance of pain and hardship translates into an unfulfilled life, devoid of experience and genuine happiness. I will admit, as is my plebeian way, I haven't read the Tao or any stoic teachings, but nontheless I've come to appreciate the concept and now I have resigned myself to the pursuit of a stoic existence.

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