Concerning your post on stoicism and passivism, for those of us who study more physical areas of the world, could you explain the meaningful differences?
Salut! Apologies for getting to this so late. :)
Please bear in mind that I'm far from being knowledgeable on the subject, so take all of this with a large grain of salt. (Input/criticism is more than welcome!)
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I think the key difference in this situation (my post) is action.
Both Stoicism and Passivism focus (to an extent) on the internal vs the external.
In the case of Stoicism, instead of simply reacting to events that affect/happen to us, the goal is to control our own intent/actions and maintain an internal sense of duty & ethics that then guides our actions throughout life despite said outward events.
Passivism on the other hand (not to be confused with Pacifism), to the best of my knowledge, is simply letting external events affect you without reacting either externally or internally.
So, to return to my first sentence, I think that the main difference is that Stoicism has an internal drive and concrete ethic to cultivate (that has a purpose; fulfilling moral duty), and Passivism does not.
