Stoicism: A Deeper Insight Into Stoic Principles and Practices

by Garry Hudson

Most people take the elements of the topic, memorize the data, and then look for the relationship between the data in ways that are familiar. That is the process of understanding. If you think about it, memorization of data and understanding of the topic are two very different things. If you throw in accuracy of observation, and then interpretation of what is being observed, and on top of that you throw in the natural bias that each person possesses, then what you have is an almost unique interpretation of an event, even though everyone saw it and heard it at exactly the same moment.

Overthinking and deep thinking are two different things. You can’t be accused of overthinking when you think deeply because overthinking highlights your biases, prejudices, and fears, while deep thinking removes them.

Difference between overthinking and deep thinking. How does one remove biases from their own thoughts?