Some months ago a participant in the Forum challenged us to consider Sextus Empiricus' criticisms of Stoic Ethics in Outlines of Pyrrhonism book III chapters...
The second paragraph from Sextus O.P. book 3, chap. 22 is as follows: "Hence also they [the Stoics] assert that good has three meanings. In one of its...
i'm a bit unclear as to what you mean by "in the Stoic idea of
> truth lying in what we feel as opposed to what we think."
my understanding was that stoics...
Picking up from where we left Sextus in the last installment: "But the aforesaid attributes are not sufficient to indicate the concept and the real nature of...
The selections from Sextus Empiricus have prompted me to look into Pyrrhonism/Skepticism. From my feeble understanding, it seems to me that Skepticism was the ...
Good arguments, Charles. But I'm a Socrates fan, so you're preaching to the choir with me. Regarding your 'student B is more correct than student C' example,...
Hello Charles, Your efforts to develop some clarity regarding certainty and absolute certainty are to be praised. My longstanding advice to all those...
the stoic principles are known to us: a)follow the nature (it is the universal reason and indiv.reason which is to govern our lives not the caprice of...
Passage from Dr. Garrett's post: Sextus completes chapter 22 thus: "Thus, then, it is plain that they have not guided us to a clear conception of the several...
... This is no mere smart-alec. Sokal is a theoretical physicist. The jibberish was actually more than just buzzwords -- he did some research to make sure he...
... This is not what I took away from deconstructionism. It seemed to me that the deconstructionists were not saying that texts can't convey meaning, but...
Another link of interest: http://www.igc.org/dissent/archive/winter97/aronosok.html ... he ... deconstruction. ... politics. ... article ... realization. ... ...
The principle "avoid pain" is more Epicurean than Stoic. Rather the Stoic strives to avoid the "pathe" (that is, the violent feelings that correspond to...
I was thinking about this topic today. Here's my pitiful attempt at an answer. I think we should spread Stoic thought and philosophy the way the Stoics and...
Education is good, and indeed very helpful in combating ignorance, so I support universal education highly, but I don't think education alone is a panacea for...
... philo-guidelines of "good conduct" to every household / parents. I would be interested in your comments ,because we -a few- know what we appreciate through...
I think Maslow's hierarchy is extremely applicable to understanding religious fundamentalism. If we look at the condition of the peasantry in countries such as...
It would be an ironic thing indeed if we managed to educate the third world and introduce them to philosophical thought while the majority of the first world...
sean kent.... INCREASE YOUR FONT SIZE!!!! ha ha ha...
but seriously.... i loved what you had to say.
it just feels like stoicism and prosylityzing (don't...
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Timothy Anstiss
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Feb 12, 2002 8:37 pm
I guess when you refer to "these people" you refer to non-americans, as americans are obviously in need no education about the difference between good things...
In all fairness this seems to clearly refer to the developing world. I see no reason to assume the UK, or most of Europe, Canada, Australia, NZ and Japan for...
Geoffrey, Many thanks. Your comments hit several points I missed. I especially liked the part about thought vs. belief. It even made up for the font...
Remember as Stoics we recognize we are cosmopolitans. Anything else is an assent to false impression. Never in reply to the question, to what country you...
Michael, I'm familiar with the passage, but certainly being cosmopolitan does not involve accepting strongly rejected indifferents as completely equal with ...
... That was how I read Mr. Broadway's message. ... Yes, it would. I suspect that Mr. Annan was also referring to no training of human rights abusers at Ft....
Please, ladies and gentlemen, I beg you, don't leave a 100 line quote attached to a statement of your own of only a few lines. This can be very hard to read,...
... These would be the same human rights abusers who protect us from...oh, let's say the Chinese human rights abusers and back up our "rights" with their...
... Well, yes and no. Could not the human rights abusers trained at Ft. Benning's SOA/WHISC (I am referring to such people as the leaders of the Atlcatl ...
