Based on Al-Kindi and Nietzsche on the Stoic Art of Banishing Sorrow, The Stoics recommend that we think about what today we would call "worse case scenarios

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Based on Al-Kindi and Nietzsche on the Stoic Art of Banishing Sorrow,

The Stoics recommend that we think about what today we would call "worse case scenarios." You don't do th1s randomly. You wouldn't, for example, think about what would happen if a herd of elephants came running at you (unless you happen to live next to a zoo). You need to do th1s for the negative events that make you fearful. For example, the Roman Stoic Seneca had a wealthy student who was anxious about becoming destitute, even though he had no reason to think that it would happen to him. Seneca told him to live like a homeless person for two days every month. The reason the Stoics prescribed this exercise, either in thought or in action, is...

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A)to prevent you from ever being happy.

 

B)to reduce the power that fear has over you.

 

C)because they were sadists.

 

D)because they were risk adverse.

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the Stoic teaching that...

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A)you can't fix stupid.

B)you really need to wash your hands more often.

C)you should be careful whom you let into your house as you may need to quarantine with them.

D)much of our lives are beyond our control.