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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Because stoicism is just another word for cope.

Stoicism was created when ancient Greece stopped being a stand out success and started getting their arses handed to them.

They had to learn to control their passions and be happy with their lot because the opportunity for greatest was gone.