CLASSIC 45C Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Laius, Hellenistic Philosophy, Stoicism
10 May 2017
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Advisor for emperor nero- nero was very emotionally unstable (crazy) School of hellenistic philosophy founded in athens by zeno in early 3rd century bc. To live in harmony with the divine order of the universe in recognition of the common reason and essential value of all people. If everything in nature dies, so should you. Stoics held that all events throughout history are all connected to unprecedented events and they in turn themselves are causes of the events that follow. X causes y and y causes z. Written in 1st cen ad in latin. Seneca"s version intended to be recited in private gatherings, not to be performed. Blind prophet who is tasked by oedipus to find killer of laius. Messenger from corinth who comes to tell oedipus that polybus is dead. Reveals part of oedipus"s history to him. Old shepherd who had given oedipus to the old man when he was a child.
