CLST 214 Study Guide - Final Guide: Epicureanism, Foreknowledge, Stoicism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 214
• Professor: Daryn Lehoux

Document Summary

Clst 214 week 8: stoics, epicureans, pneumatics. Common objections to stoicism on the basis of: fate too broad, moral culpability argument does not hold, no free will. The universe: makes sense, has a soul, contains all other souls. Tonus: universe"s tone allowed by pneuma (air allowing. Mixture in everything: plenum: the universe is full of matter things to effect each other) From aristotle: reject: aether, four causes, principles, accept: active and passive principles, other elements. Have shape, temperature, some compacted, some with void (cid:498)first beginnings(cid:499): all that exists is made up of atoms and vacuum: (cid:498)primordia(cid:499) atoms, the only undividable thing note across the room explains astrology. Principle of sympathy: eg. the stings of lyre vibrate when you hum a. Causes: atomic collision: soul = atomic, can be divided (eg. cut off arms twitches because of between soul, atoms have weight and shape, atoms are always in motion.