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		rhizome on Sept 19, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How David Hume Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis More precisely, desire is seen as the root of human suffering by, most commonly, Buddhists.

zkhalique on Sept 19, 2015 [–]

Isn't it interesting that she was seeking out Buddhism?

The other philosophy that thought about this, but on a more intellectual level, was Stoicism, which was very popular in the Roman empire.

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