i feel like there is a difference between stoicism and numbness
there is but stoicism is often misused to mean numbness. Some Roman emperor decided he was a stoic and then the British read about him and said hey sweet detaching yourself from your emotions can enable you to do empire while ignoring your sense of empathy and conscience
and from there came Britain
What little we know of the philosophy of Epicurus is superior to that of the Stoics. Marx did his thesis on what Epicurean fragments they had at the time and you can definitely see how the later influenced the former.
How is that work by Marx? I know it’s his first major work but it seems so different from everything else.
This started off as a good comic, but seems to have devolved into the writer's complaints about modernity.
yeah, this has the same vibes as what it would be like to show Jesus his biggest fans
Hard disagree. The comic is best suited for complaining about current trends because current trends are simple enough to poke fun of in comic format. The biggest problem with the comic is when it tries to introduce a philosopher or concept and dunk on them/it in the same comic, which is inevitably reductionist and a bad habit.
It was good when it showed philosophers arguing about things, showing their unique perspectives. It was funny and you learned something. Now it just seems like the author's personal bitch session. Enough of those already, thanks.
Really no way to talk about the modern use of stoicism and try to be funny without griping. Also, modern stoicism is so cringe it needs unlimited dunks.
modern stoics aren't stoics the same way the guy selling you meditation techniques to more effectively telemarket isn't a buddhist
Modern stoics are still drawing from stoicism, and need to be compared unfavorably to it.
Are you complaining about this comic strip in particular, or the comic as a whole?
I follow their twitter (though I basically never check at all), and they definitely have some good takes. I think they probably are a communist. I just searched "@existentialcoms China" and the first few takes that showed up are all fine as are the most recent tweets they've had.
lol I also search country names like that if i'm going to read someone's tweets, you can never be too sure
