First what is answer of this question❓

Stoicism is a specific philosophy that instructs a person to show no emotion, even when faced with great pleasure or terrible pain. Tolerance is a more broad term that does not necessarily mean a person shows no signs of pleasure or pain, merely that they need more of one of those to get the same effect.

> What is the answer *to this question > The answer I *gave was tolerance, but *the real answer is stoicism Tolerance is one's ability to withstand pain/adversity/discomfort, whereas stoicism implies an actual indifference. With the inclusion of pleasure, tolerance wouldn't really make sense.

Stoicism is defined by Merriam-Webster in the exact same word as what the question asks. I would say that Tolerance would generally be seen as the ability to endure pain or other negative traits without complaint. Stoicism is indifferent to both pain and pleasure as a form of self-discipline. (Stoicism is a larger subject which is hard to explain in a single sentence)

Stoicism is specifically regarding self-mastery of our response to pleasure and pain, and how can one be indifferent to something they spend so much energy trying to control? I would also say tolerance, as a native speaker. Philosophically I think it's up for debate. But I can see why they would mark the answer the way they did

What a fucking terrible question That said as a native speaker I'd pick stoicism

I'd say C. Stoicism

C. Stoicism

You can be tolerant without being stoic. You can also be stoic without being tolerant, but no one would know.

If you are tolerating something, you aren’t indifferent. If you’re tolerating it then you can take it, but tolerating means to put up with something unpleasant, which means it does affect you but you’re dealing with it. You might tolerate a noisy neighbour - their noise annoys you, but you put up with it rather than go round and ask them to shut up. I would also say you don’t tolerate pleasure, as you don’t really tolerate something positive, you just enjoy it. Stoicism in the popular definition is being unaffected by things, not letting them get to you. This is a pretty basic take on the word as others have mentioned, as it is an entire philosophy, but for the purposes of understanding why the answer to the question is stoicism, knowing that it means to remain emotionally unaffected by things is what you need to know.

Tolerance is more for negative things like pain, I'd say Stoicism is the more correct answer

I feel like there is a lot of mixing up the word stoicism and the philosophical Stoicism. This feels like children on the debate team saying that "kids shouldn't vote 'cause goats don't understand politics". Although Stoicism, the ancient Greek school of philosophy, is surely complex and multifaceted, it is not exactly the same as the word stoicism that we use today, a word derived from the ancient Greek school of philosophy but that has evolved since 2300 years ago. Basically i am making the distinction, as one should do i believe, between a Stoic and some being stoic... :D As for the question in the post, I would argue, similarly to cox780, that "stoicism" implies a certain indifference, feigned or real, in the face of pain or pleasure, where as "perseverance" simply implies that the person is pushing through but may be reacting one way or the other to the stimulus. My answer is (C) !