Refraction

We all want to reduce the pain and maximise the happiness. Can you imagine the world without a pain? Is it possible that there can be the world with only happiness? If yes then probably we would not exist. Mother would not give a birth to a child since giving birth causes tremendous pain. Suffering is valuable and life would not sustain without a pain. Buddha has said, "Life is suffering" . Even Jesus christ suffered the pain for humanity when he was crucified. In Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna taught Arjun that no matter who is fighting from the other side, it is his duty to fight a war from the right side of dharma. Stoicism talks about the philosophy of suffering. There were three well-known Roman Stoic philosophers Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. In the early 3rd century, Zeno founded the Stoic school. Life of a philosopher and philosophy are integrated to each other. Let's look at the life of these three philosophers. Seneca was a Roman philosopher, sta