Interesting aricle from across the pond. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/psychological-distress-death-risk/story?id=16894279. Hope the linl works for...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Aug 1, 2012 3:56 pm
Interesting aricle from across the pond. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/psychological-distress-death-risk/story?id=16894279. Hope the linl works for...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Aug 2, 2012 12:43 am
Grant writes: _______________ Â So I think that role-duties are indeed fixed duties, but I do not think that they include _specific_ actions that will be...
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e.grossheide
Aug 2, 2012 4:19 am
What it means to be good to one's parents can only be decided by the individual, obviously. Every case is different....
A short review of Philosophic Pride: Stoicism and Political Thought from Lipsius to Rousseau ...
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iimaginius@...
iimaginius...
Aug 4, 2012 2:41 pm
Marcus Aurelius on everyone being equal in a number of ways: Book 8, Note 7...
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iimaginius@...
iimaginius...
Aug 4, 2012 3:15 pm
Epictetus mentions that Nature is not Evil. Is it safe to say that Nature is neither Good also, but rather neutral, i.e. just IS? In Stoic thought is Nature...
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iimaginius@...
iimaginius...
Aug 4, 2012 3:20 pm
The American Stoa site has been updated and it is a true labor of love. I'm mostly through Epictetus and Aurelius with Seneca, Musonius and Socrates (he seems...
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cetinkasapdevrim
cetinkasapde...
Aug 5, 2012 11:27 am
I think it is a very good question. I guess for stoics in general, rational faculty of human beings is a part of nature and it is Good, but the nature is...
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jjaaeemmoo
Aug 5, 2012 3:24 pm
U a correct 99.99999999999999999% is not in you finite selfs control.probability is that its less than that. Sent from Samsung Mobile...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Aug 6, 2012 4:31 am
It is, nothing else could be, so it is good. Nature is rational and causal. To be rational is to be good. The only evil is to assent to falsehood, which in...
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jan.garrett@...
chrys1943
Aug 10, 2012 4:08 pm
Aside from Pinker's doubtful view reported in this essay that human beings have become more empathic in recent centuries, I think that this article makes...
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e.grossheide
Aug 11, 2012 8:09 am
Hello, As I understand it, Stoicism is a very kind and empathetic philosophy. What could be more kind, more considerate, than to spare other humans one's bad...
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jjaaeemmoo
Aug 11, 2012 10:00 am
Eva google taoism nothing.it seems to be the eastern equalivalant of stoics be interested in your ideas.regs jon Sent from Samsung Mobile...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Aug 11, 2012 2:22 pm
Eva, I know that attribution of a form of the Golden Rule to Epictetus can be found on the internet, but can you find it in a source securely attributable to...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Aug 11, 2012 2:57 pm
Hey Jan, It is hard for me to see why the introduction of kindness would change any of the basics of Stoic psychology. But I did not read the essay because I...
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e.grossheide
Aug 11, 2012 4:47 pm
Hello, Jan, It is in The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, XLI: "What you shun enduring yourself, attempt not to impose on others. You shun slavery - beware of...
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e.grossheide
Aug 11, 2012 4:51 pm
Hello, Jon, Yes, I will google Taoism and tell you what I think about it in a day or two. Eva-Maria...
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e.grossheide
Aug 12, 2012 11:51 am
Hello, Jon, I have just read that Taoism is about "living in harmony with the Tao" and that the Tao is something "that is the source and the driving force...
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Richard Fairley
marcuscurio
Aug 12, 2012 12:41 pm
Unfortunately, I've really had quite enough of the 'new age' & neo-Christian nonsense being touted as Stoicism on this forum. Some of you need to study some...
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jjaaeemmoo
Aug 12, 2012 1:08 pm
All is one (virtue + tao) and nonlocal to time and space.regs from jon Sent from Samsung Mobile...
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Michael van der Galien
mpfvandergalien
Aug 12, 2012 1:10 pm
I find it somewhat interesting that the input of 'new agers' is so off-putting to you; rather than educating folks, you seem to choose the easy way out (by...
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jjaaeemmoo
Aug 12, 2012 2:34 pm
Knowlege of stoics is not virtue it can only be a guide to virtue.its a name a label. Sent from Samsung Mobile...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Aug 12, 2012 3:28 pm
Stoicism is a way of life. Knowledge of the Stoic texts is necessary for that. Knowledge is not a label, although an individual's knowledge of Stoicism could...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Aug 12, 2012 4:10 pm
... I find it somewhat interesting that the input of 'new agers' is so off-putting to you; rather than educating folks, you seem to choose the easy way out (by...
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jjaaeemmoo
Aug 12, 2012 4:28 pm
You misunderstood you are taking things out of the context in which they where written. Sent from Samsung Mobile...
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Michael van der Galien
mpfvandergalien
Aug 12, 2012 4:34 pm
My reply isn't an ad hominem, it is a question, which hasn't been answered. As an aside, that reminds me of a Turkish saying: if all you have is an hammer,...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Aug 12, 2012 5:21 pm
Hey Michael, Richard decided this list has gotten too smoky, and exited the room. Do you think it is difficult to figure out that this a Stoic philosophy list,...
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Michael van der Galien
mpfvandergalien
Aug 12, 2012 6:13 pm
Hi Malcolm, The problem is that these folks believe that they are very similar and that there is, therefore, absolutely no reason not to mix 'em (I assume that...
