The Only Use
stoic
in
Ethan Frome
(Edited)
- he wondered what had happened on the drive to nerve Jotham to such stoicism.
Chpt 6stoicism = the attempt to not be affected by pleasure, pain, or emotions
Definitions:
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(1)
(stoic) seeming unaffected by pleasure, pain, or emotions
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, a stoic can refer to a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno (known for striving to be unaffected by pleasure, pain, or emotions).