Both Uses of
stoic
in
Brave New World
- As recently as a week ago, in the Director's office, he had imagined himself courageously resisting, stoically accepting suffering without a word.†
p. 104.1stoically = without displaying emotion
- Of that imagined stoicism, that theoretical courage, not a trace was left.
p. 104.4 *stoicism = to be unaffected 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) 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).