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16 May 2007

The problem with Stoicism

Is possible to be stoical about the loneliness of stoicism?

By Jules Evans

Stoicism isn’t perfect. Over the millennia, people have made a number of pertinent criticisms of the philosophy.

For example, Stoics like to claim that theirs is a rational philosophy, which doesn’t rely on anything as irrational or superstitious as faith.

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