I have been studying the topic of Stoicism as of late. A brief definition : The endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint
Does anyone else see this? Are there any other movies you can think of that bring this forward?
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Cynical, experienced front-line troops under fire.
shareIn Love and War starring James Woods is the true story of US vice admiral James Bond Stockdale's capture, imprisonment and torture during the Vietnam war.
He was the highest ranking officer to be captured during that war, and he used the Stoic principles that he learnt from Epictetus' philosophy to withstand the extreme pressures of torture and solitary confinement.
I haven't seen the film but you can read many of James Stockdale's accounts online. I recommend "Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior", also his book "Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot."
http://media.hoover.org/sites/default/files/documents/StockdaleCourage.pdf
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093249/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4
I remember (Vice-?)Admiral Stockdale, mostly from the 1992 Presidential campaign. He was Ross Perot's running mate.
I don't recall if it was started by Clinton's or Bush's campaign, but he was painted by the media as mentally incompetent (due to his age, as well as 1 or 2 things he said that were interpreted incorrectly, IIRC, and it was a disgrace, as he was a war hero. Can you imagine if they ran today as a 3rd party candidate, with Trump running? I shudder to think).
He does display feelings, behind a phone call, but still, feelings are being displayed.
sharethanks for this thread. Because of it, I've started reading Marcus Aurelius "Meditations", great life philosophy.
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