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I have read a bit on Stoicism in the past. And the simplest interpretation I took from it was having the philosophy in life, to just be passive and have a sort of indifference to things going on. Kind of like, watching events pass by, without having much emotional involvement.

This song makes me think of being stoic: (the lyrics obviously)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrb1TCQwxXA[/youtube]


The only thing that bugs me about this, is that I tend to think of emotional responses as being sometimes cathartic and healthy.