Jan, Below is my response: 4.0312 The possibility of propositions is based on the principle that objects have signs as their representatives. My fundamental...
-To me the soul is what keep your wiil in motion. The Man him self put us here for a purpose to live and see wha we do with our borrowed time.with out it there...
What are your views of a free spirit? Would you encourage a person that is one or would you stomp the flame that they carry. To me a free spirited a person is...
Dawn: I'm not at all sure what you mean by a free spirit. I've known some people who called themselves free spirits who considered themselves above such...
I suspect you are not asking about the classical Stoic views on this topic. If you are, we can address that. My guess is that you are assuming a very modern,...
Dawn dares us: _______________ What are your views of a free spirit? Would you encourage a person that is one or would you stomp the flame that they carry. To...
I saw an obvious bias in the following statement of my previous post I would like to correct: _______________ Both unexamined contrariness and unexamined...
Steve: I just like to add that Socrates, out of respect for the laws of Athens (Crito), laws which have unjustly condemned him to death, accepts his...
Well put Steve... It is a common criticism of stoicism from my friends who argue that it is a philosophy that: Has no passion where followers sit on the fence...
I wonder did Socrates really play by the rules? Wasn't he in fact a dangerous subversive, a threat to the rule of law, one who was openly opposed to democracy...
The essence of Stoicism is character. One way to describe this succinctly is outer discipline and inner freedom. The Stoic will have a good reason for what she...
Perhaps it's not seriously off the mark to say that the essence of classical Stoicism is good character, or virtue, although the classical Stoics preferred to...
Hello Amos! Nice to hear from you. Yes, and there was me thinking I was the only contrarian on this forum when Jan confesses to having been one most of his...
It's a tricky business trying to pin down Socrates, since we have to rely for our knowledge of him on others, in the case of Aristophanes a hostile witness,...
But according to Plato, in the Apology, Meletus charges Socrates with not believing in gods at all. Socrates doesn't actually deny the charge but in his usual...
"Men of Athens, I honor and I love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength, I shall never cease from the practice...
You make a number of interesting points, Peter, and I think in your zeal for discovering dualism in many guises, you are onto something, namely, that almost...
Two quick points, Amos. The ancient Greek phrase "ho theos," literally translated as "the god," can be singular or general. Ho theos can mean the gods in...
I omitted a small but important word, here added.--JG You make a number of interesting points, Peter, and I think in your zeal for discovering dualism in many...
"To Aeschylus, more than to any other, is due the conception of the supreme God, the "ruler of rulers," the " most blessed of the blessed," as a requiting, a...
Jan, when you or one of our other scholars post a general synopsis of part of classical Stoicism like this I check my own thinking to see if there are any...
Jan comments: You make a number of interesting points, Peter, and I think in your zeal for discovering dualism in many guises, you are onto something, namely,...
This is essentially the prevailing Homeric conception of Zeus. There seems to be no real need, btw, for Gomperz' translator to capitalize "god." In German, the...
Thank you for your feedback, Steve. Of course, if I slip up, you should let me know. ... From: Steve To: stoics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007...
Anyone who wants to understand the process by which the Greek thinkers came to critique popular conceptions of the gods and produced a refined polytheism must...
Amos, It's useful to distinguish between the idea of a single ultimate cause (which is relevant to physical explanation) and the idea of a supreme god. The...
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