Stoicism

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stoicism

Title text: With apologies to Massimo and to /r/stoicism.

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The hedonists merely give in to momentary pleasure. This is not the true path to happiness.

As a stoic, sometimes I'll deny myself a desire, purely to prove to myself that it means nothing to me. That is the pleasure of

I don't

Get it.

The stoic.

I mean, that's still hedonism. You've just replaced the general category of "pleasure" with the specific category of "pleasure from smugness.

I could go without smugness, if I chose to.

so

I choose

Not to.

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