George asked "what am I missing?" In my opinion, people who live more stoically than others do not cease to undertake activities essential for personal growth...
am i correct in thinking that epictetus wants us to avoid discomfort and
pain by not desiring things outside our control?
for instance.... if i want to...
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erin roberts
roberts_erin
Jan 3, 2002 6:49 pm
just a few thoughts on geoffrey's comments... ... i think you are right. a stoic might say that the only only only thing in your control is your mind. stoics ...
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Michael Cowden
mwcowden
Jan 4, 2002 12:21 am
Salutations: I am in agreement that is only assent (which is what I often refer to in the venacular as action and opinion). Currently this assent seems to...
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ELEN BUZARE
elen_buzare
Jan 6, 2002 3:23 pm
Stoici amici, As my web-site is growing (http://www.geocities.com/elen_buzare/nouveaustoicisme.htm), I am considering to create a French language based Stoic...
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ELEN BUZARE
elen_buzare
Jan 6, 2002 3:32 pm
NB: to go to my web-site, please take off the final brackett(that should never have been taken into account) or go to Jan Garrett's Stoic Place where you will...
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GEORGES SENGUPTA
gsengupta52
Jan 6, 2002 6:19 pm
Dear All More naive stuff - if this is not the correct forum for my current questions, please let me know. Are the following ideas along the right lines? ...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Jan 6, 2002 9:07 pm
My university is restructuring the file layout on its web server (if that is the proper expression). In any case, the Stoic Place website, until now at ...
3203
Caleb Williamson
caleb@...
Jan 7, 2002 2:17 am
I am only an undergrad, so don't expect any immortal wisdom from me here, especially with severasl classical scholars on the list.Still, I'd thought I'd try to...
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Denis Fortin
denis_fortin...
Jan 7, 2002 12:33 pm
Elene, je serais ravi de pouvoir participer à une telle initiative dans ma langue natale... Denis ... Téléchargez MSN Explorer gratuitement à l'adresse...
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Michael Cowden
mwcowden
Jan 9, 2002 5:15 pm
... COMMENT: If you mean physical pain you will feel it. Stoicism only has the ability to give us the choose to acknowlege our bodies as not of our own will....
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Keith Seddon
khs10uk
Jan 12, 2002 6:20 pm
Dear Friends, Last week in The Sunday Times (6 Jan 02), in his review of Andre Comte-Sponville's A Short Treatise on the Great Virtues: The Uses of Philosophy...
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charles broadway
charlesbrice...
Jan 12, 2002 11:15 pm
In my understanding, justice is giving each man or woman his or her due. As a Stoic, fate owes me nothing; therefore, I suffer no injustice. This brings me...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Jan 12, 2002 11:20 pm
A few quick comments: Comte-Sponville seems to think that we would have no right to judge what another deserves unless we had divine omniscience. He seems to...
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charlesbricebroadway
charlesbrice...
Jan 13, 2002 3:12 am
I have put together a new group to discuss the practice of Stoicism as opposed to the theory of Stoicism. It is merely a complementary project to the ones...
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dchave@...
Jan 13, 2002 5:42 am
Rousseau seemed to favor democratic organizations where fewer numbers of people were engaged and less democratic the larger the number. Questions as to the...
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ELEN BUZARE
elen_buzare
Jan 13, 2002 10:20 am
Bonjour, J'ai finalement créé un forum de discussion sur le stoïcisme en français. Pour s'inscrire, aller sur: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoiciamici ...
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bertr@...
Jan 13, 2002 5:53 pm
... From: charlesbricebroadway To: stoics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: [stoics] stoic practice I have put together a new...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Jan 13, 2002 8:14 pm
The following is from a note sent automatically, I think, to people who subscribe to the "stoics" community at yahoo groups. As you can see from the list...
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Geoffrey Howard
ssojourner
Jan 13, 2002 8:23 pm
i've enjoyed discussion of stoic principles in practice in this forum
for some time.
--
Geoffrey Howard
MFA Directing/Acting
***Note new email address***...
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Keith Seddon
khs10uk
Jan 13, 2002 8:36 pm
From: <dchave@...> ... courtrooms and such.<<< I have always assumed (naively?) that we are also talking of plain fair dealing as individuals in daily...
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Keith Seddon
khs10uk
Jan 13, 2002 8:52 pm
... At the very least we owe them virtuous behaviour: patience, courtesy, honesty, and so on. As Stoics aiming to 'make progress' towards being better examples...
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William Annis
sedhom
Jan 13, 2002 11:56 pm
... Hmm. This reminds me a bit of the Confucian notion of the "rectification of names." How does one get to the way a brother *should* treat siblings without...
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Lawrence Becker
lcbecker2
Jan 15, 2002 4:46 pm
Defining justice as giving people what they are owed is initially attractive, but ultimately won't work for the full range of problems unless we're willing to...
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bertr@...
Jan 15, 2002 6:05 pm
... From: Keith Seddon To: stoics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [stoics] Digest Number 764 ... At the very least we owe...
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charlesbricebroadway
charlesbrice...
Jan 16, 2002 2:45 am
This is really a difficult subject. I can only describe it by way of scenarios. Scenario 1 You live in a remote location. One day, a man comes to your door. He...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Jan 16, 2002 3:44 am
Charles writes " . . . a college student is to read, study, attend classes, and do the required work in order to earn credit. Now for some, this constitutes a...
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charlesbricebroadway
charlesbrice...
Jan 16, 2002 10:56 am
In regards to social justice, it seems the aim of our current society is to ensure not only equality in opportunity but also equality in outcomes. But nature...
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Mike Burch
mburch5717
Jan 16, 2002 9:10 pm
... I would be most interested to learn more about your group. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in...
