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Taking pleasure in everyday things

No Stoic would suggest to you that you should stifle your joy and gladness.

Pleasure is but one byproduct that comes from living well. And we shouldn’t feel guilty that we feel pleasure from time to time, especially if that pleasure comes from doing those right things.

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Life calculated and “integrated” in a Stoic manner may truly be the most satisfying of all. Can’t we just call it a pleasure?

We have already quoted some of the most prominent Stoic philosophers, or those whose writing reflected the Stoic point of view. Now we’ll dig down a bit deeper into the writings of Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Cicero, with a nod to the medieval philosopher and Roman senator, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480-524 CE), commonly known as Boethius. I’ll provide some additional commentary on some of the key passages below. [https://www.orionphilosophy.com/stoic-blog/stoicquotes- on-discipline]