quote:Originally posted by General Woundwort: Amazing how the same options keep coming up (stoicism/buddhism/"letting go" - hedonsim - monotheisn/Christianity), even if the labels change. Nothing new under the sun...
Ok, what did you just say?? I have no idea what some of those words mean Most, yeah, but hedonism?? monotheism??Hedonism: giving meaning to life through the pursuit of pleasure.
Monotheism: the belief in an exclusive one true god.
Stoicism: An an ancient philosophical system characterised by the casual acceptance of the worst of life's pain.