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stoicism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stoic calm | calm under emotional distress |
| Zeno | founder of stoicism, marine merchant, ship wrecked |
| stoa | covered walkway |
| roman stoics | seneca writer, Epictetus slave, Marcus arellius emperor |
| rational order | nature of universe inescapable |
| logos | structure |
| primary concerns | humanity and ethical virtuous life |
| only true good | virtue, accept place in universe |
| if life were a foot | I would want to get muddy, arguing natural order |
| stoic triangle | focus on controllable things, take responsibility, aerte |
| apatheia | without passion |
| dispassionate life | guarantee well being |
| cardinal virtues | wisdom, temperance, justice, courage |
| stoic eudaemonia | influenced by Aristotle, "good life" |
| way of life | stoicism, not academic, live by it |
| worst case scenario | prepare for worst, expect worse, it will be okay |
| difference with christianity | deterministic vs free will |