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Re:The hypersane are among us, if only we are prepared to look by majewsky on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @09:48AM (#20685767)
Sounds more like Buddhism to me ("all existence is suffering" and so on). Stoicism has you recognize that (to simplify dramatically) you cannot change other people, only yourself. Stoicism consequently places a large emphasis on getting your mind and body in order, so it probably would not argue for allowing yourself to starve.
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Re:The hypersane are among us, if only we are prepared to look by meshenna on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:25AM (#20686725)
Yeah, I suppose... The post I was replying to just sounded to me a lot like something Epictetus could've said. As in, you shouldn't mind starving if you can't help it.

Now that I think about it, my memory of Epictetus seems to be really hazy, so I probably shouldn't try to discuss stoicism without doing some re-reading and thinking first.

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