stoicism
[AI Synthesis]: Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium around 300 BCE. It provides a framework for emotional resilience and peace by focusing on what we can control and accepting what we cannot.
Overview
Stoicism helps us better deal with life’s inevitable ups and downs so that we can live a happier and more peaceful life. It is considered a remedy for emotional resilience (斯多葛主義是鍛鍊主觀认知的情緒韌性的良方).
The Big Three
1. Control your perceptions: Respond, do not just react.
2. Direct your actions properly.
3. Willingly accept what's outside your control.
Key Practices
- negative-visualization: Pre-imagining loss to appreciate the present.
- dichotomy-of-control: Distinguishing between internal and external factors.
- social-duty: Fulfilling our role as social beings.
Sources
| Source | Location | Role |
|---|---|---|
| daily_stoic | January 4th — THE BIG THREE | primary |
| meditations | 卷一 | supporting |
| raw_summary | 2026-04-07-notes-on-stoicism.md § Stoicism | distilled note |
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