Both Uses of
stoic
in
Of Human Bondage
- He had read somewhere that every man was born a Platonist, an Aristotelian, a Stoic, or an Epicurean; and the history of George Henry Lewes (besides telling you that philosophy was all moonshine) was there to show that the thought of each philospher was inseparably connected with the man he was.†
Chpt 53-54
- Sometimes you saw an untaught stoicism which was profoundly moving.†
Chpt 81-82 *stoicism = a school of philosophy whose adherents try not to 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) 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).