Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

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I'm not keen on that quote.

I'm not keen on that quote.

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Donald J. Robertson
May 20, 2021
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I'm not keen on that quote. It's half-true and would potentially be quite misleading to people who suffer from anxiety disorders, I think, based on my experience. Anxiety serves that purpose in terms of evolutionary psychology, sure, but in anxiety disorders it's become dysfunctional and we talk about it as setting off false alarms. The anxiety of someo…

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