from [merriam webster]:
capitalized : a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. holding that the wise man should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submissive to natural law
It’s funny that this precise definition can give rise to an ambiguous mistake. Precisely worded as unmoved by joy or grief just means that neither joy nor grief will move the Stoic to act because action should be the result of deliberate thought and logic.
Instead, unmoved is interpreted more broadly as untouched by joy or grief.
[merriam webster] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoic
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