Sometimes I wonder if Stoicism, as a philosophy, can be taught to anyone. I know several people that are decidedly non-Stoic. Not bad people at all, just people that are natural worriers and pessimists. They fret over things that they have no control over, repeatedly bashing their heads against the walls of their problems.
That's just their personality. And I don't believe you can change personality to any great extent.
Could these people be taught Stoicism? I haven't attempted it.
I wonder what the success rates were in the days of Epictetus?
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