Stoic defusing

4. Stoic practices to reduce unproductive negative rumination

Bringing them the plague
5 min readMay 19, 2024

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We have in previous blogs in this series examined the Stoic conception of philosophy. We’ve also charted five core theoretical ideas which should give counsellors a more rounded view of the philosophy than in the pop versions.

Stoicism, we’ve seen, doesn’t just do “defence”. It is an affirmative philosophy of…

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Bringing them the plague

Freud's response on arrival in America, some Camus; blogs and essays (older style) on philosophy, psychology, culture and politics.