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Is Ego/Self To Be Embraced or Overcome In Modern Stoicism - Answers to Common Questions (Stoicism)

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Channel: Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy · 2018 · Education

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This is an answer to a common question: Is the role of the ego or the self in modern Stoicism something to be embraced or overcome?  The short answer is "neither".    

While exploring the question, it is important to clarify what one means by "ego" or "self" - these are not always the same thing, depending on what perspective one adopts or assumes.

Stoicism certainly does advocate getting past one's own self-image - if one is mistaken about it - but it doesn't suggest that the self is something to be overcome.  Instead, the self is to be transformed along lines of its proper development towards its telos or end.

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