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Stoicism vs Supineness - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between stoicism and supineness

is that stoicism is a school of philosophy during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress while supineness is the state of being supine.

stoicism

English

(wikipedia stoicism)

Noun

  • A school of philosophy during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.
  • A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
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    supineness

    English

    Noun

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  • the state of being supine