Epictetus said over 2,000 years ago: “People are disturbed not by the events that happen to them, but by their view of these events.”

There is absolutely no accounting for preferences, do you know the actual enterprise ought to scans as well as what else could you miss?

In ancient Greece there was a school of austere philosophers who taught a strict and stern morality and banned all pleasure as wicked. the light hearted Athenians nicknamed them "cynics" or snarling dogs; for the Greek word "cynic" means "dog-like".

the most noted cynic philosopher.

The tendency to doubt any kind of turnaround in our economy seems to be triggered by ideological differences between our two major parties, each of whom has a seperate agenda, thus whipping up more panic that is not conducive to working toward a common goal.

The history of philosophy is the history of humanity’s thought, and each subsequent thinker builds on those before him. So, when you wonder why we are the way we are today, you must look to the past for answers. Who has shaped who we are in the West?

St. Thomas Mores’ Utopia gets people thinking. Here is one cynic’s viewpoint at an ideal world.