I went through some Stoic texts looking for passages that relate to civility. I found: _Manual_: 4, 12, 15, 16, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 33 _Discources_: 1-2,...
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Keith Seddon
khs10uk
Feb 14, 2003 2:44 pm
Hello Chuck, I'm curious, has anybody found any reference to mystical experiences in the writings of the ancient stoics? Seneca discusses the Stoic person's...
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marquis95960 <marq...
marquis95960
Feb 14, 2003 3:38 pm
Chuck wrote: __________________ I'm curious, has anybody found any reference to mystical experiences in the writings of the ancient stoics? __________________ ...
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marquis95960 <marq...
marquis95960
Feb 14, 2003 6:01 pm
A question Beatrix passed along in her post on Civility: _____________ Does civility permit or inhibit civil discourse? _____________ Civility without...
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MurrellB@...
beatrix91910
Feb 14, 2003 6:25 pm
Quite agree with Jan's findings on ancient Stoic cosmology. These were philosophers--without benefit of technology--who simply were trying to figure the...
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MurrellB@...
beatrix91910
Feb 14, 2003 6:31 pm
More on our current understanding of the Cosmos. ***** http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/10/1044725732451.html At last NASA has some good news: the end of...
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charlesbricebroadway@...
charlesbrice...
Feb 14, 2003 10:17 pm
(Note: This e-mail was sent from a web page, the from address cannot be verified.) I thought this related to our discussion of civility. I find it helpful to ...
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daniel halverson
alexisrsr4@...
Feb 16, 2003 7:38 am
all, Seneca says, in On Firmness, this: "therefor the wise man will lose nothing which he will be able to regard as loss; for the only possession he has is...
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Steve Marquis
marquis95960
Feb 16, 2003 4:38 pm
Daniel wrote: ... possessions all together? ______________ Interesting pair you chose for examples, Daniel. Seneca was notoriously rich and Epictetus almost...
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james j granger
jjgranger@...
Feb 16, 2003 5:38 pm
I don't 'prefer' to live without material possessions...who wouldn't miss them, a warm bath beats a cold lake any day, I try to live simply, but even living...
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Mr Geoffrey Howard
ssojourner
Feb 17, 2003 12:03 am
my understanding of this was that "possessions" were a matter of perspective. others may percieve you as owning something, but the stoic owns nothing (from a...
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daniel halverson
alexisrsr4@...
Feb 17, 2003 1:16 am
thankyou for your replies...all. Daniel ... _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2...
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charlesbricebroadway ...
charlesbrice...
Feb 17, 2003 2:47 am
Fellow Stoics, I have had a lot of ideas swirling around in my head for sometime now, and I am simply going to lay them out in what can only appear to be a...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Feb 17, 2003 3:39 am
I am fairly well convinced that there is not now, and never has been, a Stoic sage, and that the Sage is a convenient fiction, an ideal type that serves the...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Feb 18, 2003 1:03 am
This is a translation of a note I sent recently to the French-language Stoic group. For the ancient philosphers the gods (or "the god") was a model for man. In...
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Robert Eddison
rteddison
Feb 18, 2003 2:31 pm
From Seneca's _de Ira_: "There was Gnaeus Piso, whom I can remember; a man free from many vices, but misguided, in that he mistook inflexibility a for...
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Doug P.
dio1701
Feb 18, 2003 3:25 pm
Jan, I actually had already marked this book on my wish list at amazon. Now I may have to move it up the list a bit! :) With regard to its thesis and stoic...
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MurrellB@...
beatrix91910
Feb 18, 2003 10:50 pm
jangarrett@... writes: << I agree with Steve about intuition if this means the ability to "go on" without being able to discursively, with step-by-step...
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marquis95960 <marq...
marquis95960
Feb 18, 2003 10:50 pm
Jan wrote: _____________ It does not matter if the fully enlightened one who has left all desire behind (the Buddha) is just as fictional as I suspect the ...
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Steve Marquis
marquis95960
Feb 19, 2003 5:23 am
Greetings, I just got a copy of AA Long's new book 'Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to life' (Oxford, 2002) from Amazon.com. The thoroughness,...
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marquis95960 <marq...
marquis95960
Feb 19, 2003 4:06 pm
Charles wrote: _____________ How can I get what I want? . . . what should I want? (my rephrasing) _____________ Two excellent questions to get started on for...
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Paul <pdlanagan@.....
pdlanagan
Feb 20, 2003 1:45 am
... Geoffry, and also Steve, Thank you for your insights on the matter of possessions. They have been very helpful in clarifying my thinking. Regards, Paul...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Feb 20, 2003 1:58 am
Bodeus' book is primarily about Aristotle's philosophy and how his idea of the gods interacts with, and correlates in various ways with, other aspects of his...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Feb 20, 2003 1:58 am
This is a fine book. I read most of my copy several months ago . . . but somehow got distracted before finishing it. Probably by my role-related appropriate...
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marquis95960 <marq...
marquis95960
Feb 20, 2003 3:22 pm
... Picture" ... But ... research ... Well put, Beatrix. This is how I see it. The two are complimentary. I especially like your caution about using data to...
Hello, I am a 33 old male who has studied various philosophies and beliefs trying to comprehend the reasoning of those who applied them to there lives. I came...
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andysonneborn@...
sonneba46260
Feb 21, 2003 11:40 pm
I am a 55 year old. Your description fits my thinking exactly. I have been monitoring the site and have not yet made a contibution, so your posting sparked...
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Mr Geoffrey Howard
ssojourner
Feb 23, 2003 3:12 am
... have you read Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think Like a Philosopher ? i just picked it up and am enjoying the process of looking at HOW the ancient...
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wade nicholes
shivasmurf
Feb 23, 2003 11:51 am
No but, it is on my list of books to read. Right now I am reading Marcus Aurelius. ... have you read Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think Like a Philosopher ? ...
