PHIL 2170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stoicism, Cardinal Virtues
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Whoever doesn"t want to die, doesn"t want to live . 15,16,17 the story of julius, who is not a naive dude. He was playing a board game, while he waits for death and still wanted to win. Stoicism was founded in athens"s and was started by zeno. Stoic"s taught us to be happy by accepting each moment as it is. Stoics have a huge belief in free will (in a very mild sense) (naive fate, which we should understand and follow to the best of our ability. Stoics- learn practices that help our lives and problem"s. Philosophy as a way of life , death contemplation and forms of medication (avoiding worries of the future or sadness at the past) are common themes of stoic writings. Aurelius", epictetus, seneca. (seneca was made to commit suicide). Hadot on stoicism- arutarkeia inner freedom or independence. Our emotional things that happen that are external to us.