Dear all,  this thread has gone cold, I see. I am wondering whether the Homecoming conference is going ahead, remotely or physically. It is a terrific...
To me there is much in Jesus' ethical teaching, particularly in the Gospel of Matthew, that can be useful to Stoics. For instance, the teaching on "turning the...
Hi Dave, Concerning this quote <<If you are struck, if you’re insulted, don’t fight back. Don’t retaliate. Don’t try to get even. Let it go. Forgive.>>...
Thanks, Malcolm. I'm not the OP, yet I still found your reply to be enlightening and helpful. If we think about that which happens to us (in this case, being...
Hi Malcom, On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Malcolm Schosha ... I agree that the only way to prevent such emotions is to abstain from judging things that...
Some theological scholars have another "take" re the Turning the other Cheek statement. Rather than sweet forgiveness, they are considering the class/power ...
That's interesting Beatrix. I'd like to read about it. Do you have any sources to recommend? "You slapped one cheek, so here's the other!" reminds me of...
... From: Gary <gottlos752004@...> To: theologyislanguage@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 6:07 AM Subject: [theologyislanguage] Revised...
... An interpretation of Jesus' ethical teaching along the lines that you refer to is entirely plausible. The Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Luke, as you...
... No, but if I remember correctly I was watching a documentary on the History Channel, wherein the Rector of the Temple Church in London discussed this other...
An argument has been made to support the view that "gentle" is the best translation of _praos_ in Matt. 5: Blessed are the meek (_praos_), for they shall...
An insurance company would be irrational to insure only one customer. The probability of failure would be too high and so a man who only does good things (or...
Gentle (praos) and forgiving (sungnômonikos) appear together in _Discouses_ 2.22.36. Keith (pg. 72) lists them along with other qualities of moral character...
... "Lucius Annasus Seneca. Moral Essays. Translated by John W. Basore. The Loeb Classical Library. London: W. Heinemann, 1928-1935" is available for free...
I wonder just how meaningful a life can be if one refuses to engage with the very fact of one's own death? (perhaps the most absolute certainty one can...
... Why can't it be meaningful? I can imagine someone, say, getting meaning from gardening, or any action, while refusing to engage with death. Doesn't Marcus...
iosue_s wrote: People generally tend to think of death as something life-negating, and yet isn't it the one thing that charges life with meaningfulness and...
When I say "Death is a gift," I am speaking poetically. To speak more prosaically: There is no such thing as life without death. Without the acknowledging...
"Death is nothing for us. So long as we are here, death is not, and when death is here we are not" Epicurus, Letter to Menoceus For The Stoics, death is an...
'The Universe too loves to create what is to be. Therefore I say to the Universe: "Your love is mine."' (Meditations, X.21) Indifference, as I understand it,...
... I don't think the standard Stoic view is so passive. For instance, I recently read a letter of Seneca on dealing with evils. He compares this to being like...
 I follow Peirce in that the logics used by philosopher should merge with higher mathematics to properly handle the logic of relatives. But in fact this...
Kevin wrote: Â Â Â I follow Peirce in that the logics used by philosopher should merge with higher mathematics to properly handle the logic of relatives....
Well I am of the mind that Realism is probably correct. Probability and Continuity are mathematical concepts which help to support inference as a valid mode...
The phrase "The Inner Citadel" is quite well-known since it was used as the title of a book by Pierre Hadot. I was curious about the word "citadel", since it's...
This seems pretty defensive to me, Theophile. As you yourself indicate, the term means a fortified area within any city; typically it would be a high area,...
Hello everyone! I am new to the world of Stoicism and the study of Stoic thought. My question is, simply, how stoicism treats and relates to moralism. From ...
... ***** Generally yes, but notice that some practices have very different meanings in different cultures and times, and so would differ in moral status. For...
