Stoic vs Philosophical - What's the difference?
stoic | philosophical |
(philosophy) Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 up to about the time of , who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
Not affected by pain or distress.
Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful.
* 1846 , , "The Sphinx" in Arthur's Ladies Magazine ,
Detached, calm, stoic.
* 1911 , , "The Schartz-Metterklume Method,"
As adjectives the difference between stoic and philosophical
is that stoic is of or relating to the stoics or their ideas while philosophical is of, or pertaining to, philosophy.As a noun stoic
is (philosophy) proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 up to about the time of , who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.stoic
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* Stoic * Stoick (obsolete) * stoick (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(Stoicism) (en adjective)Synonyms
* (not affected by pain or distress ) apathetic, impassive, stoical * (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress ) expressionless, impassiveAnagrams
* ----philosophical
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* philosophicall (obsolete) * phylosophical (nonstandard) * phylosophicall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.
- She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.