Hello, I'm Wilson, and the hardest question to answer is the one you don't ask! So let me ask yours properly. You want to know whether schools in Lahore should make Stoic philosophy, the teaching of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, a compulsory part of ethics from Grade 9, and how that would sit beside Islamic Studies, which most students there already take seriously and often personally. Underneath that is a sharper question. Is Stoicism a rival worldview being slipped into the timetable, or is it a set of practical tools that a Muslim teenager could pick up without being asked to trade anything away? Here is the point most people get wrong. They picture Stoicism as a philosophy of the stiff upper lip, of hiding feelings and gritting your teeth. That is not what Epictetus taught. He was a former slave, and his core lesson was a distinction: some things are up to us, our judgements, our choices, our efforts, and some things are not, our reputation, our health, what other people do. Peace, …
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Should Pakistani secondary schools in Lahore make Stoic philosophy, drawn from Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, a compulsory part of the ethics curriculum from Grade 9, and how should it be taught alongside Islamic Studies?
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Should Lahore Schools Teach Stoicism Alongside Islamic Studies?
Wilson explored whether Stoic ideas from Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius belong in Lahore's Grade 9 ethics teaching beside Islamic Studies, citing al-Kindi and Article 22. He landed on a voluntary six-week pilot, not a compulsory subject, paired with Islamic concepts like sabr and tawakkul.
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- ✕ missed The answer must state a clear yes or no on compulsory Stoicism in Lahore Grade 9 and name who decides, such as the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board.
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- ◐ partly The answer must meet the objection that teaching a non-Islamic ethical tradition displaces religious instruction and fairly concede what is true in it.
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