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where being unkind would have been justified

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True kindness is displayed under circumstances where being unkind would have been justified.

> Personally, what I do is weigh the cost of my actions on myself and others, and when there is a net gain that's what I do. So I hold the door open for a stranger whose arms are full, because it cost…

r/Stoicismcomment3/10/2026
True kindness is displayed under circumstances where being unkind would have been justified.

True kindness is displayed under circumstances where being unkind would have been justified. — I am currently reading Marcus Aurilleus' *Meditations* as my first Stoic book. > When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, …

r/Stoicismpost3/8/2026
True kindness is displayed under circumstances where being unkind would have been justified.

I have a few different things to say in response: First, I should answer your direct question: # What is Kindness I'd say that's just a semantic thing. The real question is what you think is the ri…

r/Stoicismcomment3/8/2026