The Pros And Cons Of Stoicism

At first sight Stoicism seems to be not very attractive way of living life. Most people believe that it’s all about staying calm under any circumstances and avoiding strong emotions and feelings. Well, after a single moment of contemplation I started to notice that there is something in Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius philosophy. First problem to deal with while you are getting familiar with Stoicism is that there is no such thing as irrelativeness. Every action, every phenomenon, every situation everything is neither good nor bad. Its quality depends on our attitude toward this. We can let it affects or not. According to stoic’s belief we shouldn’t in order to have life full of pleasure and be happy. This statement is objectionable for many reasons. Since childhood people have some kind of morality and there are things that are just bad. In some situations it’s hard to stay untouched. In some situations it’s not good or even acceptable . As an example: during huge thunderstorm

If everything have already been set out, is there any sense to worry about future and in the long run is there any sense to do anything? Actually it is because as long as we have free will we have ability to make independent decisions and even if some kind of Logos, God or other force majeure knows everything it has no influence in decisions we make. Although there are people who use Fatum to justify indolence and vulnerability. It’s a good explanation for drunkenness, obesity and not seeking for a job. If it has been written in the stars that I have a job, I would have it. That’s shallow and childish but very convenient. Unfortunately, easy to uncover and discredit. As Epictetus said it’s all about “controlling what we can and accepting what is beyond our control.” Getting a job is something that we obviously can