Philosophizing is simply one way of being afraid, a cowardly pretense that doesn't get you anywhere.
― Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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Stoicism, as is any philosophy, is a way to deal with your fears, your insecurities, your anxieties, and so on. All of philosophy (and religion) are born of out of our fear. They are a way to cope with the hopelessness and brutality of existence.