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: Greetings from another stoic - good to know there are : two or three of us left! : I would like to think that stoicism is more than a : philosophy for the "select" few, or for the "rigorous : and uncompromising". : In my opinion it is a real workable philosophy for life : and greatly underestimated today. Although it constitutes : a major root of modern western culture, one seldom sees : a sympathetic account of it, and often it is portrayed : by modern academics in ways which suggest that Marcus : is the only stoic they have actually read. : It is remarkable that in classical western literature, : the teachings of only three stoics survive in any volume : - those of Marcus, Epictetus and Seneca. Marcus comes : across as one who is struggling with life, Seneca is by : many not admired, and that leaves Epictetus! I see him : described as a fatalist, and his philosophy summarised : by the dreadful motto "bear and forbear". : Anyone who has spent some time reading the Discourses : will know that this is baloney. The things he cared about : were Freedom and Reason, and if we want a "motto" to : capture the main direction of his teaching, it would : surely be "I am a free man, and a friend of God" : (Discourses bk 4, ch 3, 9). : I personally know of no other philosophy that makes an : adequate response to so many dimensions of life - : reason and values, the psychological and the spiritual.

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