Associations to the word «Stoicism»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
STOICISM, noun. A school of philosophy during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.
STOICISM, noun. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
Dictionary definition
STOICISM, noun. An indifference to pleasure or pain.
STOICISM, noun. (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno.
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.