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Well, whether you like or not, your main meta-goal seems to be "efficiency" from what you've written, so that seems to be your subconscious "ultimate goal" or "prime principle". This is why knowing about various philosophical currents is very important, because whether you are aware of it or not, you are making philosophical choices, and many of those were already made by people before you.


> your main meta-goal seems to be "efficiency"

No I didn't say that. I said stoicism seems concerned about efficiency.

> you are making philosophical choices, and many of those were already made by people before you

That's true. My criticism though isn't about philosophy as a whole - just about stoicism because it seems to be contradictory.




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