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13852
Hi Pablo, Welcome aboard. I have only been member for about 6 months and find the forum stimulating and at times very academically minded. The learned members...
Leo Iermano
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Oct 1, 2006
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Could anyone help with other sources of stoic writings apart from the usual suspects ( Epictetus, Marcus A,Seneca and Cicero). I suspect early christian...
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Oct 1, 2006
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13854
When one gets to this point in his or her investigation of Stoicism, I think what you should do is acquire either of the following two anthologies, A. A. Long...
jan.garrett
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Oct 1, 2006
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13855
While composing the reply to Leo just sent, another thought occurred to me, which seemed to merit a separate post. Another source of knowledge about the Stoic,...
jan.garrett
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Oct 1, 2006
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13856
I found 2 versions, which one would you recommend, the 1st edition that is 500 pages instead of the 2nd edition which is 200? ...
mattomoran
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Oct 1, 2006
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13857
Hello Matt, ... http://www.amazon.com/Hellenistic-Philosophers/dp/0521275563/sr=8-1/qid=1159721005/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5611935-4970467?ie=UTF8&s=books ... ...
Keith Seddon
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Oct 1, 2006
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You want vol. I of The Hellenistic Philosophers (about 500 pp), not vol. 2 (unless you want the corresponding Greek and Latin texts). Hellenistic Philosophy,...
jan.garrett
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Oct 1, 2006
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13859
Thanks Keith, As I have explained in previous emails I am a newcomer to stocism and I tend to sit and watch the academic discussions on this forum. I am quite...
Leo Iermano
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Oct 1, 2006
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... Stoicism, I think what you should do is acquire either of the following two anthologies, A. A. Long and D. N. Sedley, eds., The Hellenistic Philosophers,...
RW
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Oct 3, 2006
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Thanks Rob Is there any modern philosophers that are closest to stoic ideas, i.e Nietzke? Cheers Leo ... Stoicism, I think what you should do is acquire...
Leo Iermano
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Oct 3, 2006
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... Differentiating between reliable and unreliable sense data is little part of the scientific method. This is simply not something that scientists do to any...
Grant Sterling
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Oct 3, 2006
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13863
... i.e Nietzke? You can try David Hume, who wrote a very good piece on natural religions in the spirit of the ancient dialogues: ...
RW
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Oct 3, 2006
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Rob, The URL's you give do not work. What specific books are you referring to?? ... http://www.amazon.com/Dialogues-Concerning-Natural-Religion- ... ...
Steven Hamilton
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Oct 3, 2006
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13865
... You miss my point. The Thomistic anti-masturbation argument may be bad teleology, and may be false. But it is perfectly comprehensible. It claims that...
Grant Sterling
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Oct 3, 2006
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... I get your point now, but in the latter (non-God) case I think it would be stepping outside the boundary of morality. Even if the teleology is true (big...
Robin Turner
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Oct 3, 2006
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Steve earlier: __________________ A primary purpose of the scientific method is to differentiate between reliable and unreliable sense data … ...
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Oct 4, 2006
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13868
... Thomas Paine's "Age of Reason," Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning," the Daodeching of Lao Tzu, David Hume's "Dialogues Concerning Natural...
RW
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Oct 4, 2006
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13869
I would recommend Spinoza's Ethics. Spinoza was very influenced by the Stoics, although he felt that we have less control over our passions than the Stoics...
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Oct 4, 2006
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13870
There's also Philo of Alexandria. I'd forgotten about him. He might be closer to someone who's emerging from a Judeo-Christian background, but he has complex...
RW
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Oct 4, 2006
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There's Lawrence Becker's A New Stoicism. (I think Prof. Becker is still a member of the Forum.) I would also recommend Robert C. Solomon's book on The...
jan.garrett
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... still a member of the Forum.) Didn't this book take some of the ideas of classical Stoicism and do away with theism/minimalize its importance? I seem to...
RW
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Oct 5, 2006
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... Indeed. Rational Emotive Therapy was the original name, then they added the "behavior" part. Ellis quotes Epictetus approvingly in several places, and the...
Robin Turner
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Oct 5, 2006
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... I quite agree. Unlike some others who think that Science only seeks to 'save the data', I think Science seeks to understand reality. ... I agree with this...
Grant Sterling
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13875
... Again, we see things from the opposite sides. If by 'no reason to prefer it' you mean 'no reason why it should maximally satisfy your contingent...
Grant Sterling
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Oct 6, 2006
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Becker tries to reconstruct Stoicism without the theism, that's right.  If one has to have his Stoicism with a dash of theism, he will find Becker's version...
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Oct 6, 2006
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13877
Just to clarify: I use sadists, pedophiles, and rapists for most of my examples because: a) Almost everyone agrees that acting on such desires is wrong. b) It...
Grant Sterling
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... Grant wrote: Scientists almost always take for granted: 1) That they and other scientists have sensed things correctly. 2) That other scientists have...
DT Strain
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... Grant wrote: If what is good for me is the fulfillment of my desires, then what reason do I have to care what utilitarianism [of any sort] would recommend?...
DT Strain
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Oct 6, 2006
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Part 1 of 2 1) The Viability of Data Grant writes: __________________ A scientist reading an article in a journal will only extremely rarely attempt to repeat...
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Oct 6, 2006
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Part 2 of 2 3) When is Examination Required? Grant asks about the (possible) erroneous textbook example: ____________________ 1) What are we supposed to do...
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