Does atheist stoicism exists?

I've read him, I found nothing interesting there that was in any way original.

His novels are comfy though, he should've stuck to those.

I'm a nihilist from an "objective" perspective. Like, of course none of this means anything, senpai. Subjectively, which is how I actually live moment by moment, I have ethics and opinions, consciously contrived or subconsciously conditioned. A sort of "stoicism" arises out of those. I like doing what's healthy because it's the most rational choice. I like doing things efficiently. I like to feel useful. I like to improve myself. All that shit.

But that's just because I'm a social ape with some conscientious autism; none of it will matter in the end.

Fantastic post.

Read Beyond Good and Evil and stop calling yourself a stoicist you fucking piece of shit. Words have meaning.

>I like doing what's healthy because it's the most rational choice.
Nonsense.

I will believe you because I don't know nearly as much as you guys seem to about Greek philosophies. When I think "stoic", I just think "ascetic".
As far as asceticism goes, you can do little better than buddhism. The half-lives of positive emotions are as fleeting and disruptive to greater virtue as negative emotions',
there is no self, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatta
existence is suffering, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukkha
cutting the knot by rejecting worldly pleasure, etc.
Particularly, the (waning) more secular branches of buddhism (e.g., Hinayana) serve as examples of such "stoicism" with the absence of "divinity", which is why I brought it up.

I agree, there's much more interesting stuff going on in the Buddhists traditions than what Stoics have to offer.