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>I'm thrown in jail for a crime I didn't commit?!
>I don't care, I'm a wise Stoic!
>I became a quadriplegic?!
>I don't care, I'm a wise Stoic!
>I get stabbed in the eyeballs?
>I don't care, I'm a wise Stoic!

>> No.11351023
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>>11350997
>oh look, it's another 'grade-schooler thinks Stoicism equals moral nihilism thread'
sage'd for 1/10 bait

>> No.11351029

>>11350997
>I should devote my energy to whining about things beyond my control and which do not impede my ability to control my virtue
>OP has to come up with increasingly ridiculous hypothetical situations to mask the stupidity of his argument

>> No.11351036

>>11350997

"Virtue is the sole good"

Can't ignore that part, since it's the most central

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>>11350997
stocism is just a flow chart

>Can you do something about it?
>If not then just accept it and do other things to compensate if it is intolerable
>If yes, then just fucking do it

Why this is so incomprehensible to crash course philosophers is beyond me

>> No.11351104

>>11351097
>If yes, then just fucking do it
That's an oversimplification, though. Doing things within your power but against your virtue is wrong. I CAN rob a liquor store but that doesn't mean I'm going to.
What you're describing is godless Objectivism. Stoicism requires a moral authority.