Not OP. Anecdotally stoicism does nothing for your capability to nurture your children or make actively wise choices. The best example of this is the painfully obvious one of Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus.
The main failure for the Roman empire was that he failed to name a successor worthy to the task, so Commodus got the gig. I don't know what his failures as a father were or were there any but Commodus came out just wrong either way.
Either this teaches us one of two things or both: 1. even a wise sage is unable to heal his family or 2. Stoicism does not grant you universal wisdom.
Either way, the outcome is that stoicism is obviously not a universal remedy.
If you read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, the take out message is that the world is shit and people are horrible, but that is no reason not to behave as a gentleman and carry yourself with dignity.
Stoicism can be applied by personal choice to various situations in ones life, but it's hard to make it into a socially pro-active philosophy.
And yes, I generalized whole lot of stuff based on one example only. Call me bayesian.
The main failure for the Roman empire was that he failed to name a successor worthy to the task, so Commodus got the gig. I don't know what his failures as a father were or were there any but Commodus came out just wrong either way.
Either this teaches us one of two things or both: 1. even a wise sage is unable to heal his family or 2. Stoicism does not grant you universal wisdom.
Either way, the outcome is that stoicism is obviously not a universal remedy.
If you read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, the take out message is that the world is shit and people are horrible, but that is no reason not to behave as a gentleman and carry yourself with dignity.
Stoicism can be applied by personal choice to various situations in ones life, but it's hard to make it into a socially pro-active philosophy.
And yes, I generalized whole lot of stuff based on one example only. Call me bayesian.