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stoicism
Question | Answer |
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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 |