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General Knowledge,
What is passion

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Passion in Hellenistic philosophy,
stoicism and how it differentiates to virtue.

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As Zeno and all Stoics after him stated, virtue is the only good, and vice is the only bad.

In vice, is passion.

But passion in itself is not evil nor is it inherentlybad. However,as with all things in life, (especially for the stoics, it being one of the four cardinal virtues) it is best in moderation. (or temperance).

As opposed to the four cardinal virtues of stoicism, these could be seen as the opposites, the four unnatural or unvirtuous emotions/characteristics and they stem from similar Hellenistic philosophies of the time.

These four unnatural faults in judgment are:

Although generalized and summarized into 4 groups of emotions and aversions they overarch a range of different passions.

Two of these passions are generally about processing the future with Lust and Fear. Lust is non-specific to sexuality but also a desire & greed for wealth, people, irrational longing, and fear being able to withhold people from the unforeseen,

And the other two; distress and delight, are referring to remaining temperate in the current situation you find yourself in, not being overwhelmingly joyous or irrationally stressed, angered, frustrated, etc.

As a matter of fact, stoics never drew to not feel joyful or happy under any circumstances.

They only reinstated you to not let your emotions cause fog and cloud your accurate and calculated judgment. They also reinstated you to be appropriately happy, upset, or mournful relative to the situation without it changing your most significant asset, your character, and virtue.

These definitions of passions and their subversions to virtue were first noted by Aristotle and expounded upon by the later stoic; the third head of the stoic school, Chrysippus, noted that passions are evaluative judgments on emotions that are misguided and more specifically, inappropriate relative to the situation.

The ideal stoic would evaluate each situation at its true value and respond accordingly, through action, emotion, and its effect on themselves. They would understand that the understanding of passions and the fact that they are indifferent, preferred or dispreferred does not matter for other people and situations. This cannot harm your character, emotions or thoughts.

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