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Re:How David Hume Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis by rhizome on Friday September 18, 2015 @10:52PM (#10243112)
More precisely, desire is seen as the root of human suffering by, most commonly, Buddhists.
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Re:How David Hume Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis by zkhalique on Saturday September 19, 2015 @11:12AM (#10244463)
Isn't it interesting that she was seeking out Buddhism?

The other philosophy that thought about this, but on a more intellectual level, was Stoicism, which was very popular in the Roman empire.

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