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Re:Stoicism: Indifference is a power by adrianratnapala on Saturday November 19, 2016 @06:01PM (#12996226)
Doh! I thought I was onto something when I read Bertrand Russell critise the Stoics and thought "Don't you get it fool! To them, life is like football: play hard, play fair, that's what counts".

And, as I should have expected, Adam Smith has anticipated us all. I find it pretty funny that Smith doesn't even get a mention in Russell's history of western philosophy.

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Re:Stoicism: Indifference is a power by ArkyBeagle on Sunday November 20, 2016 @01:34PM (#13000293)
I suspect Smith was ahead of Russel at his best. As I recall, Smith gets good treatment by many other historians.
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