LXXVII. On Giving
What did the Stoics think about giving — be it love, attention, your energy, your time, possessions or money? Let's explore this theme.
What did the Stoics think about giving — be it love, attention, your energy, your time, possessions or money? Here’s a list,
“No school (except the Stoics) has more goodness and gentleness; none has more love for human beings, nor more attention to the common good. The goal which it assigns to us is to be useful, to help others, and to take care, not only of ourselves, but of everyone in general and of each one in particular.” — Seneca
“No one grows tired of receiving benefits, and to bestow benefits is to act according to nature; so never grow tired of receiving benefits by bestowing them on others.” — Marcus Aurelius
“Now, what does the title ‘citizen’ mean? In this role, a person never acts in his own interest or thinks of himself alone, but, like a hand or foot that had sense and realized its place in the natural order, all its actions and desires aim at nothing except contributing to the common good.” — Epictetus
“Furthermore to shun selfishnes…
