Belief in oracles and fortune tellers was common in Ancient Greece and Rome, and that thinking seems to have become an integral part of Stoicism. In that...
Hi Malcolm You wrote: "Belief in oracles and fortune tellers was common in Ancient Greece and Rome, and that thinking seems to have become an integral part of...
After writing the following post, I realized that I began with one interest--responding to Daniel's question--and then moved, via a chain of related issues, to...
Epictetus writes something in Enchiridion that affirms that Stoics back in the days would from time to time visit oracles, but in the same breath limits their...
I read about stoicism through studying Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and the works of Albert Ellis. I'm interested in practical applications of stoic...
Sophia wrote: " Epictetus writes something in Enchiridion that affirms that Stoics back in the days would from time to time visit oracles, but in the same...
As far as I know, all ancient civilizations approached their representatives to the divine to see what the future holds. This makes sense if you believe all...
Hi Malcolm You wrote: "Belief in oracles and fortune tellers was common in Ancient Greece and Rome, and that thinking seems to have become an integral part of...
Malcolm's confident assertion that in the ancient world that there was no distinction between astrology and astronomy stimulated me to recall the following...
Hi again Malcolm I can readily understand that a belief in astrology (in the modern sense of the word) can give a deeper feeling of the inter-connectedness of...
John wrote: "One thing more, you wrote that the ancient Stoics believed the stars and planets were gods. I thought they rather saw these as manifestations of...
Jan wrote: "Malcolm's confident assertion that in the ancient world..." ......................... Jan, I would like to point out that: 1. You have no secure...
John wrote: But it the emphasis on Reason that makes Stoicism so attractive to me and I am very sceptical to supernatural claims. Studying Stoicism has helped...
... before: nothing has a 'property' that 'characterizes it as indifferent'. ... Other than the property of "not being in my control", right? Daniel...
Cheers Malcolm OK, let's continue a little further, somehow I never seem to get my meaning clear in my first posts, well then - never give up. Malcolm wrote, I...
Epictetus famously says that Stoicism promotes the art of correct use of impressions. Today, there is a much-used phrase "managing impressions." What is the...
Jan, Do you think the third topic of Assent was simply Aristotelian logic? That was my thought as I have read Epictetus. It seems to me this was the method he...
Dear Margaret, Happy New Year. I did say that I would get the movie, watch it and get back with you. Paul Newman starts destroying parking meters "because it...
Hello Daniel Your actions _are not_ in my control and so are indifferents from _my_ point of view. But, ... your actions _are_ in your control and so are _not_...
John wrote: Yes, let's stick to that. And I can not see that there is much influence of fortune telling/astrology etc. in Stoic Philosophy, as philosophy. As I...
Kevin, What passage(s) from Epictetus do you have in mind? I found references to desire and aversion; choice and refusal (horme kai aphorme), and giving and...
... Actually, strictly speaking, your _actions_ are not in your control, only the decision to perform those actions. Robin -- "First things first, but not...
The translation I have (Hard) uses the word syllogism(s) often. Epictetus seems to constantly reprimand his students for taking pride in their ability to solve...
... Stoics_ were moral judgments, not empirical ones. Suppose a sage believes that a brick will fall on his head tomorrow because Mars is bifurcating the ...
Well, it's not difficult to find discussions in E. of argumentation, for instance, in Discourses 1.7, chapter entitled "Of the use of equivocal premisses,...
Jan wrote: One's ability to detect mistakes in deductive reasoning is helpful to avoid being taken in by false impressions. But I doubt that the classical...
Malcolm, Almost all the introductory logic textbooks published in the last generation (and I have looked at many of them and taught logic courses using a...
Cheers to you Malcolm. We do not fully understand each others position fully yet I think but we're getting there, - and getting there is half the fun it's been...
Hi Jan, You misunderstand what I said. To go back a step, you previously wrote: One's ability to detect mistakes in deductive reasoning is helpful to avoid...
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