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The varieties of bad Stoicism

Stoicism is very popular these days. Perhaps a bit too much.

Massimo Pigliucci
Feb 16, 2023
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[Epictetus is invited to visit the future, cartoon by Corey Mohler, reproduced with permission.]

In The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde has the character of Lord Henry say to Dorian that “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” Then again, Henry was a cynical hedonist, so we should probably take his advice with a fairl…

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