When we get into trouble, or if we come across the most challenging part of our life when things don’t follow the way we thought,
we tend to get depressed, and there will be a great war inside every one of us.
BUT…the person who follows the STOIC principle won’t be affected by the outward conflict; he will always remain calm and collected whatever the battle is against him.
STOICISM was started by the one named ‘ZENO’ OF CYPRUS’ around 300 BC; he was a wealthy merchant until he lost his ship in Athens.
After that,
he didn’t have much to do, so he wandered many libraries and read the books of Socrates (the great philosopher of Greece),
and he started to search for philosophers to learn about their teachings.
When he became educated, he started his philosophy called ‘STOICISM,’ and that is followed even to this day by many.
A famous person like Nelson Mandela, who had gone to prison for protesting against racial discrimination,
In jail, he read and followed the teachings of stoicism written by Marcus Aurelius, the great Roman emperor; the book’s name is “THE MEDITATION.”
Stoics believed that every action has its own causes, and it forms like a web called LOGOS, or we can also call it “Karma.”
These four principles completes the stoic,
WISDOM
Wisdom helps you overcome any conflict with braveness and a clear mind. So attaining knowledge is the first step.
TEMPERANCE
Temperance means controlling your emotion in a place where it shouldn’t be used.
Because if you don’t have temperance, you can easily get affected by external conflict.
JUSTICE
Justice means knowing what is right and what is wrong. And doing what is moral.
COURAGE
It means facing any conflict with braveness and boldness. Wisdom, Justice, and Temperance without courage won’t breed anything
It is like, You know what to do and What is right. But hesitant and feared to the core to take action.
Courage completes the stoic.
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