Stoicism: A Primer
- Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that has recently gone mainstream. It is a kind of premeditation that involves reframing our attitude towards external events.
- Stoicism states that nothing is good or bad, valuable or miserable in itself, and it is our assumptions, beliefs and thought patterns that colour the world around us.
- If we have control of our feelings, emotions and the mind in general, we would cease to be judgemental, happy or miserable.
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