You should _not_ be concerned about the opinion of others; your reputation should be of no concern to you. ... [Epictetus] Peace Gich ... From: Kevin To:...
Steve: Well played! I would add that as one progresses through the stages, one may carry part of that stage forwrd with them. For example, the use of ritual...
And yet, if your goal is to communicate effectively (perhaps as an expression of your belief in the brotherhood of man) , you can use the reflection of an...
When Epictetus writes in Discourse 3.8, "If we train ourselves in this manner, we shall make progress; for we shall never assent to anything of which there is...
This was discussed in some detail a few months ago -- see archives. From my notebook: Naturalism is the view that everything is scientifically explicable....
Gich writes: ___________________ Â So far as I'm aware, Epictetus does not, anywhere, discuss a 'criterion of truth'. It doesn't seem to me that Epictetus, in...
"... religious belief is a natural part of being human - as are being mortal, having hair and many other things." Curt Steinmetz [February 06, 2009] Natural...
I think that the term itself was a technical term of the school. I don’t think E would have used it unless he meant to use it to convey technical stoic...
But, in the same vein, there is no evidence that Epictetus considered himself an orthodox Stoic, in your terms. Indeed, some have argued most convincingly in...
My main point is that the idea of a criterion of truth was important to the early Stoa but, since he does not mention it, it seems to have been of no...
The article conflates "religion" with "supernatural thinking". It is far from clear whether or not any such thing as "supernatural thinking" actually exists....
"... According to Chrysippus, the criterion of truth is the ‘cognitive impression’ (phantasia katalêptikê, lit. an impression that firmly grasps its...
So then you are suggesting that the meaning Chrysippus assciated with the Greek term "phantasia katalêptikê" is criterion of truth, and that when E uses this...
Epictetus does not seem me to use this term in connection with any criterion of truth. Unlike the earlier Stoics, this topic doesn't seem to me to have been of...
When Epictetus writes in Discourse 3.8, "If we train ourselves in this manner, we shall make progress; for we shall never assent to anything of which there is...
... I agree with Gich that Epictetus seems not to have been particularly interested in developing a detailed epistemology. I object to the phrase 'criterion of...
Hello, ... I wouldn't have thought of this one myself, although what the criteria for a thing/pattern/etc's constituting consciousness might be is a question...
Some Stoic passages seem to have the first in mind--a phantasia katalêptikê is an appearance that really does arise from the object itself. --Grant ... This...
Hi, ... While I'll agree wholeheartedly with you that the question of whether the universe as a whole is a mere intellectual diversion and, as such, is beside...
Grant : I agree with Gich that Epictetus seems not to have been particularly interested in developing a detailed epistemology. Kevin: Perhaps not developing,...
While I think that the Discourses, as we have them, should be taken as a reliable guide to Epictetus' thought, we must still keep in mind that Arrian wrote...
... As far as I am aware, there is nothing in modern science, whether we take it seriously or not, that in any way impinges on any of Plato's premises. But...
... be accepted today, at least if we take modern science seriously. --Jan ... As far as I am aware, there is nothing in modern science, whether we take it...
... Please, Amos, by all means feel free to spout irrelevancies. "Modern" medicine owes a great deal to the ancients. Improvements have been made along the way...
... Let's leave your beliefs out of this. How does the section you quoted violate Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation? That the movements of stars are...
It would depend what was wrong with me. Some things traditional medicine is preferable. Medicine is not science, though it has its scientific aspects. Medicine...
... There are spiritual problems and there are different proportions of various chemicals in the brain. Which causes which is pretty much a chicken and egg...
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