Philosophy 2073F/G Lecture Notes - Practical Philosophy, Apatheia, Lucretius
23 Apr 2014
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Week 4 & 5 stoic views of death. Fatalism our life is already pre-determined for us and everything happens by fate. However, he believed that people had free will, not everything was determined to take place but how things would end up in the long run was already paved. Even if you deviate from this, life will still still happen the way it should: they [the stoics] the claim that everything happens by fate by using this example. It is as though a dog dragged behind a cart. If he wants to follow, he is both dragged and follows, exercising his autonomy in conjunction with necessity. But if he does not wish to follow, he will nevertheless be forced to. The same thing happens in the case of men. Even if they do not want to follow, they will nevertheless be forced to go along with what has been destined. Once we realize this, we can be truly happy.
