Psychology of Stoicism

By IntroBooks Team

There is an in-depth discussion about stoicism and the psychology that it helps in building inside a person. Stoicism has been a great tool for many people in directing their life on a better path, and that is the reason everyone deserves to try it on their own. People have been wrong in interpreting stoicism in the past. It was made out that stoicism is all about not having emotions. But if there are no emotions, then what is the point of life and to clear it out, stoicism doesn't promote in any manner to lose emotions, on the contrary, it only guides a person in channeling those emotions. There are elements to stoicism that are unknown to many, and this book will unravel those necessary elements that stoics argued are very important to lead a healthy and happy life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IntroBooks
• Release date: Apr 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393722236

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Psychology Of Stoicism

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Preface

There is an in-depth discussion about stoicism and the psychology that it helps in building inside a person. Stoicism has been a great tool for many people in directing their life on a better path, and that is the reason everyone deserves to try it on their own. People have been wrong in interpreting stoicism in the past. It was made out that stoicism is all about not having emotions. But if there are no emotions, then what is the point of life and to clear it out, stoicism doesn’t promote in any manner to lose emotions, on the contrary, it only guides a person in channeling those emotions. There are elements to stoicism that are unknown to many, and this book will unravel those necessary elements that stoics argued are very important to lead a healthy and happy life.

Summary

In simple words, stoicism is just a way of cultivating thoughts inside a person’s mind. Stoicism focuses on people’s ability to become happy with their life. Stoics call this state of being completely happy as Eudaimonia. It means that people who have achieved this state of life are completely happy and have no miseries in their minds. To achieve this, stoics ask people to live with arête. It means being the best a person can be.

Being the best self allows that person to be really sure of his/her thoughts, and that creates a layer of confidence in his/her mind that further makes that person successful in life. Stoics say that people should learn to control their emotions.

Stoics believe that a human should have emotional resilience and should not be a slave to his/her emotions. People who can’t control their emotions often end up doing things they regret