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The Stoics believed that the practice of virtue is enough to achieve eudaimonia: a well-lived life. The Stoics identified the path to achieving it with a life spent practicing the four virtues in everyday life—wisdom, courage, temperance or moderation, and justice—as well as living in accordance with nature.
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Eudaimonia (/ j uː d ɪ ˈ m oʊ n i ə /; Ancient Greek:...
- Virtue Ethics
Virtue ethics (also aretaic ethics, [a] [1] from Greek ἀρετή...
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Roman Epicurus bust. Epicureanism is a system of philosophy...
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A sage (Ancient Greek: σοφός, sophós), in classical...
- Chrysippus
Chrysippus of Soli (/ k r aɪ ˈ s ɪ p ə s, k r ɪ-/; [1]...
- Apatheia
According to the Stoics, apatheia was the quality that...
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Antisthenes (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ s θ ɪ n iː z /; [2] Ancient Greek:...
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At the core of Stoic teaching is the founder Zeno’s idea that a smooth flow of life (euroia biou) comes from “living in agreement with nature.” It was the second leader of the Stoics, Zeno’s student Cleanthes, who added the last part, “with nature” (te phusei; or “according to,” kata phusin). The Stoics saw an entirely material universe that was sh...
One of the biggest mistakes about Stoicismis to miss its positivity and joy. The Stoics weren’t bereft of emotion—they just wanted to eliminate toxic emotions and replace them with good emotions (eupatheia), which included rational wishing (boulesis; as opposed to blind hope), rational caution (eulabeia; as opposed to blind fear), and positive emot...
The Stoics believed in a unified rational self. They took responsibility for maintaining that unity and would never support such thinking as “the devil made me do it,” or any other form of laying the blame or responsibility elsewhere. The notable exception among the Stoics was the towering genius Posidonius, who changed Stoic psychology to give wha...
At the time of Epictetus’ death, there was another Stoic studying and teaching in Athens named Hierocles. He wrote a large work called On Appropriate Acts (peri ton kathekonton), from which a number of fragments have been preserved, including a substantial book on The Elements of Ethics (ethike stoicheiosis), a systematic primer intended for classr...
Because of the work done by Chrysippus, Antipater, and Hierocles to build an ethical system that turned on an unbreakable connection between our self-interest and the interests of others, the Stoics were always positively focused on active social engagement with an eye toward cooperation. Seneca would write a whole book, his longest, on being a ben...
The Stoics saw the art of living as a process of continuous improvement—they believed in progress, not perfection. No matter our roles and duties, no matter the obstacles and difficulties we face, they reminded us that there is always a deeper work going on. The Stoics saw us as both artisans and artifacts. While we work on the things of everyday l...
Jul 23, 2024 · Stoicism, a school of thought that flourished in Greek and Roman history of Classical antiquity. It was one of the loftiest and most sublime philosophies in the record of Western civilization.
Jan 20, 2023 · Stoicism was one of the dominant philosophical systems of the Hellenistic period. The name derives from the porch ( stoa poikilê) in the Agora at Athens decorated with mural paintings, where the first generation of Stoic philosophers congregated and lectured.
Jul 27, 2022 · What did the Stoics believe? Are these beliefs outdated, or could they help us today? Let's check out the core Stoic beliefs and how they shape Stoic thought.
On balance, it seems fair to say that the ancient Stoics did believe in a (physical) god that they equated with the rational principle organizing the cosmos, and which was distributed throughout the universe in a way that can be construed as pantheistic.
Cosmic nature (the universe), the Stoics firmly believed, is a rationally organized and well-ordered system, and indeed coextensive with the will of Zeus, the impersonal god. Consequently, all events that occur within the universe fit within a coherent, well-structured scheme that is providential.
