Comments on: 09/17/2018 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7238 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peter Rogan http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7238&cpage=1#comment-296479 Peter Rogan Mon, 17 Sep 2018 23:25:38 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7238#comment-296479 Why, when we lose sight of what we're all doing here together. Gina has just proclaimed a Stoic principle in that her happiness is her personal goal. This implies the personal maturity and discipline to not allow others to dictate the terms of your own happiness, and to freely allow others to pursue what makes them happy, too. Ideally, we all pursue our bliss, and the result is a happy company, if not a happy society. Bruno, tangled in emotional obligations she can't name, let alone recognize, isn't at all comfortable with this ideal. She expects more entanglements, not walking free. The problem is thus identified and exposed to all. Discuss and compare. Why, when we lose sight of what we’re all doing here together. Gina has just proclaimed a Stoic principle in that her happiness is her personal goal. This implies the personal maturity and discipline to not allow others to dictate the terms of your own happiness, and to freely allow others to pursue what makes them happy, too. Ideally, we all pursue our bliss, and the result is a happy company, if not a happy society.

Bruno, tangled in emotional obligations she can’t name, let alone recognize, isn’t at all comfortable with this ideal. She expects more entanglements, not walking free. The problem is thus identified and exposed to all. Discuss and compare.

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