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What are the best books on stoicism?

I am trying to overcome an unironic porn addiction and I am a mental slave. I want to be freed from these chains, every day I just want to kill myself.

>> No.16122331 [DELETED] 
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16122331

>>16122315
Matterhorn

>> No.16122348

>>16122315
you should do it

>> No.16122384

>>16122331
who is that? Which books?

>> No.16122398

>>16122348
what do you recommend?

>> No.16122478

hey read meditations mate, you gonna make it!

>> No.16122517

>>16122315
I feel like i'm taking bait cause we have like daily stoic threads but ok
Start with Epictetus Enchiridion
After that if you like, do his discourses.
After that, Marcus Aurelius.
Finally, Seneca, if you're still interested, though I consider him the weakest, as a rich guy patrician who arguably didn't live up to it all, except in that he did kill himself when ordered to.

When you're done with all these guys, go to Laozi and then Zhuangzi. At this point you will be utterly internalpilled, and can proceed to other philosophical traditions

>> No.16122533

>>16122478
>meditations
Thanks friend, which translation do you recommend?

>> No.16122557

>>16122517
thanks for taking the time to respond, I will definitely look into these.

>> No.16122632

>>16122315
Literally everytime you feel the urge to masturbate do the following

10 Chin-ups
30 Push-ups
50 Kettlebell Swings
75 Squats
1 RKC Plank for as long as possible

Eat something protein based

Take a 5 minute cold shower

It goes away in 2 weeks...

Good luck bro

>> No.16122700

>>16122632
I'm tired of this addiction. Masturbation lost its fun many years ago, and at this point it's become an obsessive-compulsive act.

>> No.16122707

>>16122700
How old are you?

>> No.16122726
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>>16122315
This one really gets me goin

>> No.16122768

>>16122700
I totally understand man, dopamine is a hell of a drug...

>> No.16122780

>>16122315
imagine being addicted to porn like just dont touch your dick nigga lmfaooooooooooooo

>> No.16122987

>>16122707
28 years old

>> No.16122993

>>16122987
Hmm, well, it should be slowing down soon, hopefully.

>> No.16122997

>>16122726
I'll look into it, thanks.

>>16122768
it really sucks, man. I unironically wish porn didn't exist, it's too easy to fall into the trap.

>> No.16123199

>>16122533
all of them, compare and contrast yourself

>> No.16123241

Seneca - Letters from a Stoic
Epictetus - Discourses

>> No.16123395

Just fap without porn every now and then

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>>16122315
>tfw you die knowing you put all your energy in avoiding pleasure and thinking it makes you better

>> No.16123845

>>16123741
does avoiding pleasure truly help the soul? Even if it is just a cope, I do believe that resisting these temptations helps the soul.