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try "modern man in search of soul". jung corrects what stoicism overlooks. marcus aurelius tells us that things external to us do not harm us, only our internal estimation of them, amd that we have complete control of our estimation of things. we do not have complete control of our estimation of things. if we did, there would be no such thing as patience or willpower. people could quit heroin and cocaine at a moment's notice. simply put:
>I could be trapped inside a nutshell and consider myself a king of infinite space, if only I didn't have bad dreams. (Hamlet)
everyone has lost their temper, and reached a point where if someone told you to simply change your estimation what was bothering you, you'd beat the shit out of them. it's only human. jung explores this with his concept of the shadow and the persona. he teaches that we can discover our innerworkings and give vent to them when need be, rather than simply claiming they aren't there. we can find identify the things that we are not able to express about ourselves in our persona, and find controlled, safe methods of releasing them, before they build to a breaking point. for example:
>"Swearing has the same soothing effect upon our angry passions that smashing the furniture or slamming the doors is so well known to exercise; added to which it is much cheaper. Swearing clears a man out like a pen’orth of gunpowder does the wash-house chimney. An occasional explosion is good for both." (idle thoughts of an idle fellow)