The other day I read a thread on the Stoicism subreddit about the relationship between money and Stoicism. The majority of the commenters didn’t buy that you could be Stoic and wealthy at the same time. Most folks don’t think the concept of a rich stoic is possible.
In short, they said that Stoicism is about living a simple and stringent life. There’s no room for the pursuit of wealth in that lifestyle.
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