Stoicism

Reflect on Stoicism a bit. Describe a situation in your life (or your past, or the life of someone close to you) in which you’ve been trying to control circumstances or people that you really don’t have control over, and wish you hadn’t knocked yourself out trying to control it all.

PHIL1301 journal response When you answer, write a serious paragraph or two in response. If your answer is only a few lines or sentences, you’re not thinking deeply enough. Include at least ONE properly cited source to help strengthen your answer. Use the TRAAP guidelines here to test the appropriateness of your source(s). Be sure […]

Explain the specific aspects of these philosophical perspectives that you think bests respond to the challenge posed by nihilism.

Nietzsche’s account of nihilism and his philosophy of life affirmation can be regarded as a response to the following question, “Why should we consider the philosophical ways of life that we explore in our units on the good life?” Begin by explaining nihilism and how it poses a challenge to living a meaningful life. Next, […]

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