I have a philosophy text here (Invitation to Philosophy by Honer, Hunt and Okholm) that describes Stoicism as an ethical system and "the doctrine is ...
1979
Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Apr 1, 2000 7:46 pm
Hello Ginni, ... Yes, the Stoics were pantheists, because they believed that God is in all things. This is quite a complicated theory of 'body'. The Stoics...
1980
Lynn Dewees
lynndewees@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:35 am
Concious Living Finding Joy in the Real World by Gay Hendricks From the book cover blurb: Rooted in the ancient traditions of Stocism and Ttaoism, _Conscious...
1981
dhughlew@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:53 pm
Greetings List Members, The April issue of the "Stoic Voice Journal" is now online at: http://www.joinme.net/stoicvoice/. Please note that the submission...
1982
Jan E Garrett
JANGARRETT@...
Apr 2, 2000 10:47 pm
Ginni, It is quite common for historians of philosophy to describe classical Stoicism as pantheistic. Moreover, Paul Harrison, founder of the rather large...
1983
Jan E Garrett
JANGARRETT@...
Apr 2, 2000 10:55 pm
Lynn writes, ... I'd say that from the perspective of the classical Stoics the sage is of all persons the most active, because conduct reflective of wisdom is...
1984
dhughlew@...
Apr 3, 2000 7:26 pm
I would just like to point out that although the metaphysics of classic Stoicism was Pantheistic like, the Stoic ethical system was and is compatible with most...
1985
Jan E Garrett
JANGARRETT@...
Apr 4, 2000 11:42 pm
I have heard that onelist and egroups have merged. This is a test to see if a message to stoics@onelist.com will be distributed to stoics@egroups.com....
1986
Jan E Garrett
JANGARRETT@...
Apr 5, 2000 12:17 am
I think that all the functions that used to work with onelist are now operational with egroups. Let me know if you run into trouble. (Not that I am a technical...
1987
Jack Parks
breezyhill@...
Apr 5, 2000 5:36 pm
Dear Fellow Stoics, I realize this question may have been dealt with many times in the past, but please bear with the "baby steps" of a new stoic. Can anyone...
1988
Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Apr 5, 2000 8:45 pm
Hello Jack. In our translations of the ancient philosophers, the term 'virtue' is used to translate the Greek term 'arete'. My pocket dictionary defines it...
1989
Steve Marquis
smarquis@...
Apr 7, 2000 4:01 pm
Greetings Everyone, Lynn asked how we tell the difference in attitude between 1) the reasonable expectation of rarely acquiring a certain preferred indifferent...
1990
Mike Campbell
mikpame@...
Apr 8, 2000 2:50 pm
Responding toward a preferred indifferent or externals does not mean you are without virture. You can still act to resolve a problem. I would think your...
1991
bertr@...
Apr 8, 2000 4:34 pm
... From: Mike Campbell <mikpame@...> To: <stoics@egroups.com> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 8:50 AM Subject: [stoics] Service Numbness ... There...
1992
smarquis@...
Apr 12, 2000 5:04 pm
Jack asked: ____________________ Can anyone give me a short example of a virtuous act, and explain why it is virtuous? ____________________ Jack, have your...
1993
smarquis@...
Apr 12, 2000 5:08 pm
Jack asked: ____________________ Can anyone give me a short example of a virtuous act, and explain why it is virtuous? ____________________ Jack, have your...
1994
Thomas
trs236@...
Apr 12, 2000 6:49 pm
... I'm new to the list, and am interested in Stoicism and comparisons with Chinese philosophy. The Chinese word for virtue "De" has perhaps a meaning similar...
1995
Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Apr 12, 2000 8:39 pm
Thanks, Steve, for your very interesting, and to my mind jolly clear attempt to explain Virtue. Live with honour, Keith...
1996
Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Apr 12, 2000 8:41 pm
Hello Thomas, and welcome to the list. __________________________________________ I'm new to the list, and am interested in Stoicism and comparisons with ...
1997
Jack Parks
breezyhill@...
Apr 13, 2000 3:14 am
Thanks to all who have responded, Would anyone disagree that one aspect of virtue could be a willingness to accept the necessity of facing an unpleasant truth....
1998
Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Apr 13, 2000 2:08 pm
... The idea that being unwilling to explore, to look for new knowledge, or even to deliberately avoid learning new things, is contrary to living virtuously ...
1999
smarquis@...
Apr 14, 2000 10:02 pm
Jack asked about the relation between truth seeking and virtue: __________ Would anyone disagree that one aspect of virtue could be a willingness to accept the...
2000
Andrew J Johnson
andrewjohnson@...
Apr 14, 2000 11:45 pm
I found Keith's suggestion that Stoics use their imaginations to construct hypothetical dilemmas as a way to forearm themselves against ethical failure...
2001
Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Apr 15, 2000 12:13 pm
Andrew wrote: ____________________________ Do any other members have any techniques or exercizes you use in your daily lives to train and better Stoic...
2002
Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Apr 17, 2000 9:35 pm
Further to Andrew's query about exercises in Stoic techniques, here is a quotation from Seneca's On Anger that might be of interest. (From the Loeb...
2003
Jan E Garrett
JANGARRETT@...
Apr 19, 2000 2:03 am
In response to some of Jack Parks' questions. "Would anyone disagree that one aspect of virtue could be a willingness to accept the necessity of facing an...
2004
Steve Marquis
smarquis@...
Apr 21, 2000 7:59 pm
In my reading passion, or pathe, is defined as emotion which arises from a false judgement. Passion is also spoken of as excessive or immoderate emotion....
2005
Thomas
trs236@...
Apr 22, 2000 9:05 am
... of ... There is a text by Diogenes Laertius (quoted in Long & Sedley p.412). Diogenes writes that the Stoics called excessive emotions: "passions";, and ...
2006
VHADDAD@...
Apr 22, 2000 5:16 pm
--Interesting media depiction of the raw emotionalism going on today. I wonder how many people allow continuous displays of unbridled emotionalism to sway...
2007
Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Apr 22, 2000 5:56 pm
... As Thomas says, quoting Diogenes Laertius, the only emotion open to a Stoic who has made a correct judgement and who is aware that they have done so, is ...
