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Sunday, December 10, 2023

A Little History of Philosophy - Chapter 5

 Nick Bagwell   

12/10/2023

Section 10


In chapter 5 of the text, A Little History of Philosophy, the author starts by presenting two different but similar questions. The first of the two asks if we as humans should be upset by things such as rain. Other than grabbing a raincoat and an umbrella, should we be upset about the rain? This question leads to the next "philosophical" question. Should we as humans be upset at certain things in our lives that we cannot change? The chapter of this text is all about the idea of not caring, and how to learn not to care with this certain mindset. When reading this chapter, one thing that I had asked myself is this. Is there a time in all of our lives in which we should learn to value this mindset? Should we stop caring about things that are not in our control? The chapter presents 3 different Stoics, Epictetus, Cicero, and Seneca. The reason why these 3 stoics are included in this chapter is because they all show examples of certain unchangeable things in their lives, that they have learned not to stress over. For Epictetus, he was presented with a harsh early life, a limp, and beatings, but still learned to see the good in his experiences. For Cicero and Seneca, the main focus was aging, and how they found to not get upset by its inevitability. Another question I would present comes from this part of the chapter. Why does everyone have a certain aspect of their life that they have to learn not to care about, and why is it important? To conclude my presentation, I wanted to include this video discussing the matter further.

Rough Advice for the "Real World"

1 comment:

  1. I'd have expected a greater effort on the blog post, in light of your having misunderstood the assignment.

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