Sublime

Lo stoicismo non è tanto una filosofia di ricerca teorica, ma un’«arte di vivere», ricerca di sapienza e pratica di virtú. Aristone giunse a rifiutare, nella ripartizione della filosofia in logica, fisica, etica, le prime due come inutili. Questo carattere pone lo stoicismo alla conclusione del razionalismo greco e insieme lo apre in avanti, verso

If life hands out lemons, the Stoic will certainly try making lemonade, but if that doesn’t work she’ll at least know why and be able to manage nicely.

By controlling our perceptions, the Stoics tell us, we can find mental clarity. In directing our actions properly and justly, we’ll be effective. In utilizing and aligning our will, we will find the wisdom and perspective to deal with anything the world puts before us.

and to be always the same, in sharp pains, on the occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness;

The Stoics pointed to two principal sources of human unhappiness—our insatiability and our tendency to worry about things beyond our control—and they developed techniques for removing these sources of unhappiness from our life.