Would the group agree that the seeker of knowlege who loves to seek  is never truly sincere to finding an answer to what she loking for Sent from Samsung...
No, I would not agree. I frequently seek knowledge but now accept that there are things I will likely never understand and can accept that with peace. Judy ...
I do love studying and seeking understanding as it adds a zest to my life. However, I accept that there are some things that I may not ever understand. I did...
Yes, Judy. Stoicism is a journey, not a destination. For a student of Stoic philosophy there is no last stop. Malcolm ... From: judyw <judyw1941@...>...
... Perhaps I am too literal. I see death as the last stop. I have no great curiosity as to what if anything death contains. I do wish to accept the...
Judy, death is an indifferent. It has nothing to do with virtue and so death can not be a Stoic destination, nor a direction in any philosophical sense, and...
Malcolm, I write with humility because I don't deceive myself into thinking I really understand stoicism. What I think I understand is that there is a choice...
Judy, if you want to understand Stoicism you just need to read the Stoic primary texts (what survives of them) and think about them. It takes time. Jan has a...
Malcolm, I did not consider that you were trampling on my feelings. I think that what I am looking for is not to be found in this group. I gather that this...
YES! Seneca, echoing Epicurus, reminds us that we should practice death. In our Stoic study groups, we 'do' Stoicism in community. It is a daily practice,...
Stoic study groups. Now there's an idea. If anyone would be interested in helping set up something similar in the north of England, let me know. I live near...
Hello Judy, The discussion on here is dominated by intellectual debates about points of Stoic theory, but it doesn't follow that everyone on the Forum is here...
In the Socratic tradition one goes shopping in the marketplace of ideas every day, but always looking for a rule of virtue to be applied in ordinary life....
judyw wrote: How we respond to death is a choice. ............................................. Yes, Judy, for Stoics virtue is based on the right handling of...
JIM GODDARD wrote: Stoic study groups. Now there's an idea. If anyone would be interested in helping set up something similar in the north of England, let me...
In our experience, the biggest challenges with online groups is co-ordination and commitment. Live groups tend to create a more open and fluid discussion, but...
Death  in probability is (a) the complete end of observation (b) the end of observation of the field of events that the the observer is observing but not the...
... Virtue is a settled disposition of character--that is, it is a state in which the person has come to habitually use reason in making choices. On the Stoic...
Thanks for your answer grant .i think  therefor that the vurtue you have must be the moral of ur feeling on an issue in the field of events which relates to...
Well, ancient stoicism doesn't really have the concept of "spiritual". Ancient stoics thought of themselves as materialists. They thought that we think and...
Stoicism must be called a doctrine of resignation and acceptance. This is clearly to be seen in the Stoic's attitude to the result of his actions. A doctor, a...
Thanks christian for that.so therefor is virtue  omni present and universal even say in aprehistoric tribe for instance would neanderthals have had some...
I wouldn't really agree that "Stoicism must be called a doctrine of resignation and acceptance", though that's a common misunderstanding of it. Stoicism...
Hi Christian, Theo and all. ... Theo, to expand on your answer to Christian, I wouldn't even say that. I don't see any resignation in Stoicism. For the Stoic,...
Ok, resignation is a word from the context of life seen as a game played for the beauty of it and not for the competition. Epictetus said some clear things...
Good point! I agree with you, "resignation" isn't really an accurate description even for the stoic attitude to things outside your power. I think "acceptance"...
