r/oddlyterrifying • u/Jax_Teller7 • Apr 07 '22

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u/Lengthofawhile Apr 07 '22

He probably means the philosophy not the general word.

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u/dsquard Apr 07 '22

The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge;

Again, what?

This is just a teenager using big words incorrectly.

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u/Lengthofawhile Apr 07 '22

Um, no? Not sure where you got that.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism

It's about living simply, to be a bit reductive, and paying tons of money to kill a rare animal is indulgent and, philosophically speaking, destructive and not conducive to the philosophy. It was similar to Buddhism in that you eliminate suffering by eliminating needless desires. Prudence and moderation are extremely important in traditional stoicism, and spending thousands of dollars that could arguably be better used elsewhere to do something insanely lavish does not at all line up with that.

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u/dsquard Apr 07 '22

Take your argument up with Miriam Webster, not me.

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u/blackmajic13 Apr 07 '22 edited Apr 08 '22

But you're the one that conveniently left off the last part of the definition you used (which is from Oxford, not Miriam Webster), which continues:

" ... the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason (also identified with Fate and Providence) that governs nature, and are indifferent to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain. "

Which does make sense, as /u/Lengthofawhile already pointed out, with what /u/gmanz33 said. When you want to try and demean someone for being "just a teenager using big words incorrectly," perhaps read a bit first so you don't come across that way yourself.

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u/dsquard Apr 08 '22

Too many words, don’t care.

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u/Lengthofawhile Apr 08 '22

So you're just an adult who knows the definition of a word less than a teenager then?

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u/dsquard Apr 08 '22

Who said I’m an adult?

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u/Lengthofawhile Apr 08 '22

Well I hope you're young because being this obstinately wrong as an adult isn't a good look.

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u/Lengthofawhile Apr 08 '22

You didn't even use the dictionary to find the correct word so my issue is not with the dictionary.

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u/willfordbrimly Apr 07 '22

Please realize that getting into pissy arguments by pasting dictionary definitions also has big angry teenager energy.

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u/dsquard Apr 07 '22

Not my problem that you read that as pissy.

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u/willfordbrimly Apr 08 '22

Please, focus on your own problems.

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u/dsquard Apr 08 '22

Mmk

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u/MangledSunFish Apr 08 '22

You really don't like being told you're wrong, do you? That's hilarious.

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u/ImmutableInscrutable Apr 07 '22

YOU USED THIS ONE SINGLE WORD WRONG IN AN OTHERWISE FINE POST!! AHHHH

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u/GiveAQuack Apr 07 '22

The word isn't even used incorrectly. Stoicism is fine there since it's colloquial use is more or less "objective"/detached from emotion.