PHI 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Divine Providence, Orderliness, Rationality
18 Apr 2016
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Of the ancient schools, stoicism has the most practical and therapeutic advice. Eudaimonistic (happiness) ethical system in the socratic tradition. Emerged as a reaction against the belief that pleasure is always good and pain is always bad/evil. Happiness comes from detachment from all external things. According to epictetus, the aim of human life is to live well. Thought that moral philosophy has the practical purpose of guiding people towards leading better lives. Stoics think of philosophy not as an interesting historical thing or body of knowledge/theoretical discipline, but as a way of life. Define philosophy as a kind of practice or exercise. To be a human being is to be a rational mortal creature. Humans have the capacity to use impressions in a reflective manner. Examine the content of these impressions to determine whether they are true/false. Assent is our awareness of logical consistency or contradiction between the proposition under consideration and beliefs that one holds.
