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Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Originally posted by arpgme
If you can't feel the happiness of your success, why bother?
If you can't feel the empathy of your own family members or friends or anyone else, why bother?
If you can't feel excitement about the new stuff in life, why bother?
If you can't feel pain and suffering why do you care about your body at all?
I'm not understanding Stoicism
You described my life in under five minutes, well done OP. I have the inability to feel.
What caused you to respond to this thread?
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Originally posted by arpgme
If you can't feel the happiness of your success, why bother?
If you can't feel the empathy of your own family members or friends or anyone else, why bother?
If you can't feel excitement about the new stuff in life, why bother?
If you can't feel pain and suffering why do you care about your body at all?
I'm not understanding Stoicism
You described my life in under five minutes, well done OP. I have the inability to feel.
What caused you to respond to this thread?
It has been the way I've been feeling for months, I thought it was apathy then again I've felt this way all of my life.
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Originally posted by arpgme
If you can't feel the happiness of your success, why bother?
If you can't feel the empathy of your own family members or friends or anyone else, why bother?
If you can't feel excitement about the new stuff in life, why bother?
If you can't feel pain and suffering why do you care about your body at all?
I'm not understanding Stoicism
You described my life in under five minutes, well done OP. I have the inability to feel.
What caused you to respond to this thread?
It has been the way I've been feeling for months, I thought it was apathy then again I've felt this way all of my life.
Now, What caused you to look at this thread?
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Originally posted by arpgme
If you can't feel the happiness of your success, why bother?
If you can't feel the empathy of your own family members or friends or anyone else, why bother?
If you can't feel excitement about the new stuff in life, why bother?
If you can't feel pain and suffering why do you care about your body at all?
I'm not understanding Stoicism
You described my life in under five minutes, well done OP. I have the inability to feel.
What caused you to respond to this thread?
It has been the way I've been feeling for months, I thought it was apathy then again I've felt this way all of my life.
Now, What caused you to look at this thread?
It was there, and I analysed the title quickly. It seemed to fit me, I just came to speak my bloody opinion. It's simple.
Why speak your opinion? Why even come to ATS?
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Why speak your opinion? Why even come to ATS?
Are you on something? Everyone has the right to voice their opinion, no matter how old, young or how stupid people are. Just because I'm apathetic doesn't mean I don't have an opinion.
I came to ATS to find the truth, find part of the understanding of life.
Whoever said this site is going down the loo is right, I can hear the flush all the way over here.edit on 7-10-2011 by Heartisblack because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Why speak your opinion? Why even come to ATS?
Are you on something? Everyone has the right to voice their opinion, no matter how old, young or how stupid people are. Just because I'm apathetic doesn't mean I don't have an opinion.
I came to ATS to find the truth, find part of the understanding of life.
Whoever said this site is going down the loo is right, I can hear the flush all the way over here.edit on 7-10-2011 by Heartisblack because: (no reason given)
Yes, I know you have an opinion and you have a right to voice it, but WHY do it? And why find the truth? Why understand anything?
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Why speak your opinion? Why even come to ATS?
Are you on something? Everyone has the right to voice their opinion, no matter how old, young or how stupid people are. Just because I'm apathetic doesn't mean I don't have an opinion.
I came to ATS to find the truth, find part of the understanding of life.
Whoever said this site is going down the loo is right, I can hear the flush all the way over here.edit on 7-10-2011 by Heartisblack because: (no reason given)
Yes, I know you have an opinion and you have a right to voice it, but WHY do it? And why find the truth? Why understand anything?
This is the way you're starting to sound to me, people voice their opinion as a matter of freedom. It doesn't matter and the point behind my liberation was to find Truth
Originally posted by Heartisblack
reply to post by arpgme
The point of finding truth and a small sliver of understanding is the point of how you find your way to the surface, keep your sanity and find the truth.
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
reply to post by arpgme
The point of finding truth and a small sliver of understanding is the point of how you find your way to the surface, keep your sanity and find the truth.
But, why find your way up to the surface?
[Mods, before you get angry at me, there IS a reason I'm asking this and it DOES relate to the original post. Just wait for it...]edit on 7-10-2011 by arpgme because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Heartisblack
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
reply to post by arpgme
The point of finding truth and a small sliver of understanding is the point of how you find your way to the surface, keep your sanity and find the truth.
But, why find your way up to the surface?
[Mods, before you get angry at me, there IS a reason I'm asking this and it DOES relate to the original post. Just wait for it...]edit on 7-10-2011 by arpgme because: (no reason given)
So you won't completely lose it and so you can carry on with life, without truth people start losing it after a while. What don't you understand!?
Originally posted by Reptius
Wait. Just becase you're stoic/unemotional on one thing doesn't mean you're completly stoic. I'm stoict to the economy. I don't have any emotions or real feeling about it but I do care when my favorite football team doesn't win or when I meet a pretty girl who likes me. People can have conflicting emotions. Their moods change depending on time and situation.
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Heartisblack
reply to post by arpgme
The point of finding truth and a small sliver of understanding is the point of how you find your way to the surface, keep your sanity and find the truth.
But, why find your way up to the surface?
[Mods, before you get angry at me, there IS a reason I'm asking this and it DOES relate to the original post. Just wait for it...]edit on 7-10-2011 by arpgme because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by arpgme
If you can't feel the happiness of your success, why bother?
If you can't feel the empathy of your own family members or friends or anyone else, why bother?
If you can't feel excitement about the new stuff in life, why bother?
If you can't feel pain and suffering why do you care about your body at all?
I'm not understanding Stoicism
The Stoics believed that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment, and that a sage, or person of "moral and intellectual perfection," would not suffer such emotions.
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Stoicism teaches the development of self-control and fortitude as a means of overcoming destructive emotions; the philosophy holds that becoming a clear and unbiased thinker allows one to understand the universal reason (logos).