WhiskeyWhiskers

You're asking why it is a brute fact. It has no explanation because it's brute. It is good by definition.

Asking why virtue is good in itself and not allowing self-reference is incoherent. That virtue is good in itself is a brute fact, thus is requires no ...

"it's not the job of an ethical doctrine to tell what to do" - The Great Whatever, 2015.

The non-attachment part is correct (but how is this a bad thing?), but Stoicism certainly does not promote non-care, this is a technical term you've a...

Nailed it. Great post, couldn't have said it better.

One of my favourite pieces of fiction, ironically (Y)

Don't get me wrong, I know you had the best of intentions when starting this thread. My post wasn't aimed at you in particular, schopenhauer1, more at...

Spot on. I thought this was going to be an insightful and inquisitive comparison between pessimism and stoicism (my first post set out to be, anyway),...

That Hegel says stoicism is empty posturing says nothing of how effective stoicism is for other people. He didn't see it working for him, fair enough,...

1) Does the Stoic ethic provide an answer to the existential boredom/instrumentality/annoyances/negative experiences/desire/flux/becoming-and-never-be...