There is an in-depth discussion
about stoicism and the
psychology that it helps in
building inside a person.
Stoicism has been a great
tool for many people
in directing their
life on a better path,
and that is the reason everyone
deserves to try it on their own.
People have been wrong in
interpreting stoicism in the past.
It was made out that stoicism is
all about not having emotions.
But if there are no emotions, then what
is the point of life and to clear it out,
stoicism doesn’t promote in any
manner to lose emotions, on the
contrary, it only guides a person
in channeling those emotions.
There are elements to stoicism
that are unknown to many,
and this book will unravel those
necessary elements that stoics
argued are very important to
lead a healthy and happy life.
In simple words,
stoicism is just a way of
cultivating thoughts
inside a person’s mind.
Stoicism focuses on people’s ability
to become happy with their life.
Stoics call this state of being
completely happy as Eudaimonia.
It means that people who have
achieved this state of life
are completely happy and have
no miseries in their mind.
To achieve this, stoics ask
people to live with aręte.
It means being the best a person can be.
Being the best self allows that person
to be really sure of his/her thoughts,
and that creates a layer of
confidence in his/her mind
that further makes that
person successful in life.
Stoics say that people should
learn to control their emotions.
Stoics believe that a
human should have emotional
resilience and should not be
a slave to his/her emotions.
People who can’t control
their emotions often
end up doing things
they regret later.
The key to control emotions
is to change the perspective
with which a person is
looking at incidents.
Also taking sometime
before reacting with the
default emotions that are
present inside a person
allows that person to think
deeply about the consequences
of his/her actions and whether
or not are they virtuous.
Stoicism comes with a
byproduct, which is tranquility.
Tranquility can be defined as choosing
the right path and walking on it.
The nature of stoicism
is such that it brings
people tranquility without
doing anything else.
When people follow stoicism,
they tend to follow all of its
principles that allow them to be
sure of what is right for them
and what is wrong for
them, this further allows
them to choose what path
they need to get on.
Stoics emphasize on people
taking responsibility
for what they feel and
how their life is going.
Because when people blame other
things for their conditions, they
give away the power and control
to the things they are blaming.
But when people start taking
responsibility for how
they are, they get the power
to change themselves back.
Relying on external factors for
happiness steals away the peace
of mind because the external
world is dynamic in nature,
and it keeps changing
every second, no one can
possibly live without
anxiety in such a state.
Stoics say that there
are three kinds of things
in a human’s life; good,
bad, and indifferent.
All the things and actions
that allow a person to
be virtuous are described
as good by the stoics,
and all the vices and
lies that take a person
away from their potential
real-self are bad.
And the things that are not
in the control of a person yet
are still there in his/her
life are indifferent things.
These are described as
things one should not
think a lot upon and
accept as they come.
