Stoicism

“A worse-than-deadly sneak undetectable extermination!”

- Francis E. Dec on on Chrysippus and his feloniously gangsterized donkey

Stoicism is a school of philosophy – that is, unlike a school of fish, it consists not of fish swimming around, but rather of philosophy doing so.

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Figgin' great!

It is a philosophy of calm, rational self-control, as illustrated by Stoic philosopher Chrysippus, who got his donkey drunk and died laughing as it attempted to feed on figs.