CLAS 151gp Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lucullus, Optimates, Plebs
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Gods are not to be feared - epicureans believed that the world consists solely of atoms and void, chance created the universe when atoms collided in space, and gods are made of very ine atoms. There is no punishment in the aterlife - death isn"t a big deal. Ideal stoic sages avoided all emoions: should live in accordance to nature, and therefore the gods f, most famous greek stoic philosopher: panneius. Virtue == wisdom, frugality, self-suiciency, simplicity i. ii. Emphasized service to the state, values of duty, obligaion, misfortune: misfortune isn"t actually bad because it"s fated. Scipio aemilianus - inanced plautus" play performed at aemilius paullus. Sacked carthage in 406, became scipio africanus (#2) Aemilius paullus lso took many macedonian treasures, including the library (originally aristotle"s library), so scipio as paullus" son, was educated from these books. Scipio"s intellectual circle (greek inluenced): o o o o.
