The Stoic Principle of Amor Fati (Learning To Love Fate)

Amor Fati is the Stoic practice of learning to love fate. Stoicism has a huge amount of value when it comes to practical philosophy that can be applied to everyday life, and Amor Fati is exactly that.
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drawing on all the stories about Fate, i always found it to be “what will occur if you do not fundamentally change yourself”. All the lessons involving fate involve people self-fulfilling it by behaving the same way they always have.

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The title of this video, _"The One Stoic Practice I wish I knew Earlier,"_ is at complete variance to the concept of *Amor Fati.*

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Amor Fatti / Destiny🙏💙 =embrace all experiences whether its good or bad like a cloud passes in the sky. Not talking about evil bad just bad experienced.

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amor fati is a Nietzschean concept, not a stoic one

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Amor Fati is from Nietzsche not the Stoics

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Nietzsche coined the term but the concept is a Stoic practice

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Marcus Aurelius accepted his fate as he was the king of the world and a billinaire by birth - interesting, isnt it

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I think people often see material wealth as an instant path to a life fee of suffering and difficulty. You're right that Marcus Aurelius was a wealthy and powerful man, but reading his Meditations it's quite clear to see that he struggled with life. It may not have been the struggles of hunger or disease, but the stresses of leading a country through war, famine or plague come with their own hardship. Wealth itself is not enough to deny people empathy for their suffering. Unfortunately these days a lot of people see wealthy people that way, but just looking at Hollywood or the suicide rates in high stress financial jobs shows how wealthy people suffer. I dont think using their wealth to deny them empathy is a mature thing to do.

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Amor Fati is a Nietzschean concept, not a stoic one.

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He coined the phrase but it's a common concept in Stoic philosophy

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