... The Hellenistic Philosophers, Vol. I by A. A. Long, D. N. Sedley has original sources and commentary. On P.301 they indicate that in the Hellenistic age,...
... I'm surprised that a paper with so many obvious flaws got published. Equating modern applications of mindfulness to astrology, is just plain wrong. What's...
... This seems a very lose analogy, to me. Hadot has written an excellent essay about living in the present moment, and has certainly convinced me that this...
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Does anyone on this sagactious list be able to Point me the way towards works that examine connections between stoicism and Roman Catholicism. Barton Sent...
Hi Paul, ... How do you argue, what is your evidence for the proposition, that Epictetus teaches a radical non-judgmental acceptance of all thoughts, ...
Posidonius was the only Stoic who was a noted mathmatician, I am aware of. There are some works about him but I haven't read them.  Regards Kevin ... From:...
... *** Obviously one must simplify one's decision-making in cases where the decision must be made without pause for thought, not because simplification and...
... I'm just coming to the end of reading Emotion and Peace of Mind by Richard Sorabji, and I've never read anything that provides a more detailed account of...
I've not spent much time thinking about famous logical paradoxes such as the liar argument or the mowing argument, but the ancient Stoics did, perhaps they...
Hi Barton, ... I just learned that Justus Lipsius, the father of the 16th movement, Neo-Stoicism, was a Catholic. I haven't read him, but a couple of his works...
... Yes. That's something we can agree on. I go on later in the book to discuss the looseness of the analogy, which is nevertheless an obvious one to make,...
Good question. A general source you might consult is: Sellars, John. Stoicism. 2006. http://books.google.com/books?id=2D5Aa-OyWQkC See especially Chapter 6,...
... But remember the Pope has an obvious bias! To partly correct that bias, read Sorabji (link earlier in this thread.) He has a fascinating account of how...
... No, I did not assume this. ... But is it the same kind of monitoring of thoughts? The stoic way seems more rational and harder work! For instance, in...
This brief excerpt from The Philosophy of CBT may be of interest, According to the Neoplatonist, Iamblichus, morning meditation was a practice that existed in...
Here is a quote from Marcus' "Meditations" Book 2;1 Â Say to thy self at daybreak: I shall come across the busy-body, the thankless, the overbearing, the...
Dave quotes another’s critique of Stoicism (and CBT): _____________  I can’t even say that they [the Stoics, SM] don’t equate submission to reason with...
Indeed, Donald, it is very interesting. It is certainly the perfect reason for not turning on the radio first thing in the morning, as so many routinely now...
... This is a familiar issue of debate on this List, and unfortunately I _still_ don't see the point. In philosophical discussions on this List and elsewhere, ...
Hi Steve, ... If there is arrogance here, it's not the author's, but mine; and, if not arrogance, then some other expression of viciousness. I knew that the...
Dave wrote: "As God is absolute reason and the only true agent..." Dave or anyone else, I recently came across the idea, but not in full context so I can't...
Grant writes: _________________ In philosophical discussions on this List and elsewhere, I often assert that an opposing view is false. I don't see this as...
 I'll offer an argument which has occurred to me on this topic:  God cannot choose contrary to his nature, most theologians say this I think. God knows the...
... Do you have Sellars "The Art of Living"? It has an alphabetic list of philosophers in the back with dates and affiliations - biased towards stoics of...
... It's not true. It depends on the Stoic. New Stoics like Becker and Irvine reveal how stoics can do without God. Why should submission to reason require...
