Now that the Encyclopedia Britannica is available free online, we can see easily what this venerable research tool for the reading masses has to say about...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Nov 4, 1999 4:32 am
This is the rest of the Encyclopedia Britannica material by J. L. Saunders on Stoicism in Modern Times. When I wrote yesterday of Justus Lipsius that "it seems...
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Geoffrey Howard
sojourner@xxxxxxxxxx....
Nov 4, 1999 8:29 am
I know that Dr. Becker is working in this area. I'm wondering if he is willing to share his preliminary thoughts on stoicism and aesthetics? What exactly is...
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Geoffrey Howard
sojourner@xxxxxxxxxx....
Nov 4, 1999 8:36 am
Help me out on this. I hate apathy. It irritates the hell out of me when I see it in my students and in anyone I encounter. What is the stoic definition of...
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Steve Marquis
smarquis@xxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 8:52 pm
An interesting piece on the news the other night caught my attention. Evidently someone has got the idea that basic morality needs to be taught in schools to...
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Lynn Dewees
lynndewees@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 10:28 pm
... From: Geoffrey Howard <sojourner@...> To: <stoics@onelist.com> ... It's not all THAT new! I knew many apathetic teenagers when I was ...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Nov 5, 1999 1:28 am
"Apatheia" simply means "freedom from the pathe" and is equivalent, I think, to eurhoia, or a smooth flow of life, since the pathe are described as violent...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 5, 1999 5:54 pm
Geoffrey wrote: _____________________________________ Help me out on this. I hate apathy. It irritates the hell out of me when I see it in my students and in...
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Yinshih@xxx.xxx
Nov 5, 1999 8:27 pm
Greetings: Keith is on the mark with his definition. What moderns call "apathy" is both a moral and psychological malaise which is entirely different from the...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Nov 6, 1999 10:11 pm
It is sometimes asked what Stoics actually do that would express their philosophy. In that connection I reproduce a statement I presented yesterday to the...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 6, 1999 6:56 pm
... generally. and proceeded to write a very interesting post. Just to say, thanks, Larry. I have printed off your post to keep in my file, and I will look at...
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bertr
bertr@...
Nov 7, 1999 6:46 pm
... From: Jan Edward Garrett <jgarrett@...> To: stoics@onelist.com <stoics@onelist.com> Date: Saturday, November 06, 1999 3:10 PM Subject:...
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DEdmin5531@xxx.xxx
Nov 8, 1999 3:32 am
Can anyone on this mailing list give me a listing of "stoic sights" on the www?...
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DEdmin5531@xxx.xxx
Nov 8, 1999 3:34 am
Can anyone on this mailing list give me a listing of "stoic sights" on the www?...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Nov 8, 1999 4:09 am
A forum member noticed a reference in a recent post that I taught business ethics at the university level, and asked me about the Stoic position on the W[orld]...
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Skybluepink
Skybluepink@xxxxxxxxx...
Nov 8, 1999 4:45 pm
To Jan: bravo...hurrah...press on!...
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bertr
bertr@xxxx.xxxx
Nov 8, 1999 9:11 pm
... From: Jan Edward Garrett <jgarrett@...> To: stoics@onelist.com <stoics@onelist.com> Date: Sunday, November 07, 1999 9:12 PM Subject:...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Nov 9, 1999 2:51 am
The agreements have been criticized as allowing capital flight from countries where workers are often unionized and have significant civil rights to countries...
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DEdmin5531@xxx.xxx
Nov 9, 1999 3:39 am
Can anyone on this mailing list give me a listing of "stoic sights" on the www?...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Nov 9, 1999 3:54 am
I suggest you check out the links contained at the Stoic Place. You can also use the search engines on your web browser and search on "Stoics" or "Stoicism." ...
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L. Colver
l_colver@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 9, 1999 3:56 am
Hi, I'm new to this mailing list. I was reading about the Stoic philosophy in my history book, and I noticed it mentioned that the Stoics "condemned slavery...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 9, 1999 1:22 pm
... I was reading about the Stoic philosophy in my history book, and I noticed it mentioned that the Stoics "condemned slavery and war". However, I haven't yet...
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bertr
bertr@...
Nov 9, 1999 2:55 pm
... From: Jan Edward Garrett <jgarrett@...> To: stoics@onelist.com <stoics@onelist.com> Date: Monday, November 08, 1999 7:51 PM Subject:...
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VHaddad@...
Nov 9, 1999 7:52 pm
In a message dated 11/8/99 7:57:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, l_colver@... writes: << it mentioned that the Stoics "condemned slavery and war >> How...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@...
Nov 10, 1999 1:01 am
... I agree, Bert, but we have had twenty years of the sort of thing of which the NAFTA and the WTO are symptomatic; that's a lot of time to collect data, ...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@...
Nov 10, 1999 2:16 am
Dear Lisa, I think your history textbook has got it somewhat wrong. While it is true that the classical Stoics were in some sense internationalists, and some...
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joan elkins
joan@...
Nov 10, 1999 3:21 am
Dr. Garrett, I could not access this webpage, just thought you should know. joan@......
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L. Colver
l_colver@...
Nov 10, 1999 10:15 pm
Thanks, for clearing this up for me. I had suspected my history book was somewhat off. Maybe I should write to the author so that the next edition will be more...
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bertr
bertr@...
Nov 10, 1999 10:58 pm
... From: Jan Edward Garrett <jgarrett@...> To: <stoics@onelist.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [stoics] Correction:...