You see, Stoicism -and philosophy-are not the domains of idle professors. They are the succor of the successful, and the men and women of action. As Thoreau put it: "To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school...it is to solve some of the problems of life not only theoretically, but practically."
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