Episode #237 ... The Stoics Are Wrong - Nietzsche, Schopenhauer

About this episode

The episode discusses critiques of Stoicism by Nietzsche and Schopenhauer.

Today we talk about two famous critiques of Stoicism. One by Friedrich Nietzsche who thought the Stoics weren’t life affirming enough and so rob themselves of some of the best parts of life. The other by Arthur Schopenhauer who thought the Stoics were too life-affirming of worldly things to ever reach a deep understanding of things. Hope you love it! :) Sponsors: ZocDoc: https://www.ZocDoc.com/PHILO Quince: https://www.QUINCE.com/pt Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Stephen West

Topics covered

• Stoicism
• Nietzsche
• Schopenhauer
• philosophy
• critique
• life affirmation

Keywords

• Stoicism
• Nietzsche
• Schopenhauer
• philosophy
• critique
• life affirmation
• existentialism

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