The Bushido And The Stoic

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The serenity that comes with the practice of philosophy, to my opinion, isn’t more beautifully explained than in Inazo Nitobe’s, The Bushido Code:

“A truly brave man is ever serene; he is never taken by surprise; nothing ruffles the equanimity of his spirit. In the heat of battle he remains cool; in the midst of catastrophes he keeps level his mind. Earthquakes do not shake him, he laughs at storms. We admire him as…