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Overall, stoicism as a philosophy is interesting, but it’s a little bit self-fulfilling or self-satisfying. Which, to be fair, is somewhat the point.
Amor fati - Love fate. The Greeks (or some anyway?) considered Fate to be set in stone and all events that would transpire as being chosen by the Gods. Being so chosen, they should all be considered necessary and helpful. No matter how terrible the events that transpire are, they should be viewed as the events that needed to happen and should be loved by those who experience them.
I don’t necessarily have a problem with that, but instead of loving everything that happens, I’m going to acknowledge that despite what may happen seeming to be terrible, something about it could be viewed as positive.
In the same vein, no matter how positive something may be, there is some caution to be taken or pause to be given to acknowledge that there are negatives.
Additionally, it seems dangerously close to allowing Phantasia to sweep one away if one simply loves everything that happens. Sure, if you can be happy this way, then you are guaranteed to be happy always, but other than being happy, what useful thing has been accomplished by living this way?
Instead of loving fate, I think a better saying would be to tolerate fate. Instead of Amor Fati, I think Fero Fati has a nicer ring. But then, I don’t know Latin, so maybe this doesn’t mean what I think it means.
I think this provides room for seeing positive, negative, and neutral aspects of events that transpire without requiring a sycophant adherence to principle.
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