I can honestly say that I don't really know anything about stoics or epicureans. It is possible that the two groups have been introduced in one of my courses, but I really can't remember a damn thing about either.
Philosophy always seemed confusing to me anyways. It is all based on individual perception. Either way the reader/student is left to form their own ideals about right and wrong, and who is to say what is right or wrong these days? I can't think of anything more to say.
No worries. Philosophy can be pretty slippery, sure, but isn't it the case that we're left to form our own opinions in any pursuit? Facts and data and such can build an indisputable case regarding all manner of things, but truth and beauty and ethics will always require us to form opinions, to discern and judge value. Philophers--and their rhetorician cousins--offer us systematic ways of considering the worth of our own opinions. Cool.
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