Hello Cecil, I still cannot fing the passage in Empiricus. I believe the answer to your question (> So could such a person 'rightfully' (according to the...
In a message dated 03/01/2004 12:53:27 GMT Standard Time, john_tonya@... ... That's too bad. I believe the answer > to your question (> So could such a...
... comment on the passage from Empiricus. <<<< I am not sure I know what your conclusion was, could you please restate it? ... Empiricus ... This is true. I...
In a message dated 03/01/2004 13:31:39 GMT Standard Time, john_tonya@... ... Excuse me John ; but , i posted it twice already. You can look them up again...
In a passage in Sextus Empiricus(Against the Ethicists, 61) he refers to one Ariston of Chios who "affirmed that health, and everything of a similar kind, is...
Hello Cecil, I must have a different archive than you do. ... stoicism ) ... When I was in school a question mark made for a question and not a 'conclusion'. I...
In a message dated 03/01/2004 14:11:40 GMT Standard Time, john_tonya@... ... John, That is the conclusion i reached upon reading your comment. I phrased it...
Hello Cecil, Is that what you personally believe? I have heard many exchanges on the forum about how a person should respond in a situation that is considered...
John <john_tonya@...> wrote: Epictetus says in one passage that if god wills that he has a fever then it will be his will too. This seems to class health...
... I think this is absolutely fundamental to Stoicism. The idea is that if one regards something as "good", then one will of necessity desire it, and if one...
myshalom777@... writes: << Are we the only people left alive on this forum? >> I'm back, but have little to say at this point. Saw where there was a...
I guess nobody active on the list right now has been able to locate the Sextus passage to which John referred (below). It has rightly been pointed out that...
Thank you for the excellent response. This part fascinates me. ... Which Stoics discuss "preferred indifferents"? I am familiar mostly with Epictetus and he...
... No, I was summarizing my interpretation of his view. However, I don't think there's any doubt that Epictetus was a theological Stoic. ... I don't think...
In a message dated 04/01/2004 00:27:33 GMT Standard Time, jangarrett@... ... Thank you for that Jan. I would nevertheless still like to see how Sextus...
In a message dated 04/01/2004 01:04:47 GMT Standard Time, john_tonya@... ... Hello John, (Phil 4:12 NIV) I know what it is to be in need, and I know what...
... . OTOH, the "preferred indifferents" are things that we should appropriately strive for [they are appropriate objects of will] but are not good [they are...
... yet I could retort that it is gods will that I take medicine....thus this idea seems to get nowhere." This is one of the many reasons why I reject theism...
... Dear Rick, ... for human ... claim by ... This sounds exactly like what the Skeptics say. They think it is better to suspend judgement on matters like this...
Dear Cecil, ... locate the ... been pointed out ... I am still looking! ... subject here on ... stoic ... equanimity. There is ... The point is, that to a...
"He, then, who is termed by them a temperate sage is called temperate either in virtue of his never feeling the impulse towards good or repulsion from evil, or...
... I don't see why this is any different from anything else. The Stoic view is that you should accept the loss of a loved one with equanimity. To some...
... I don't think so. Or, at least, this is not a complete answer. Suppose, to take the situation posed, I have a headache. Should I take an aspirin or not?...
... Pantheism is the view that the universe in some way _is_ god. Some stoics do indeed talk like pantheists. But that is different from the view that the...
... Unfortunately, my computer at work is broken and I can only respond from home, where I don't have my books. I'm sure the website has some links on the...
In a message dated 04/01/2004 19:39:55 GMT Standard Time, john_tonya@... ... John, I just finished watching a documentary programme on Nazi history. One...
In a message dated 04/01/2004 22:50:41 GMT Standard Time, cfgcs@... ... Hello Grant, I disagree. If one could greet injustice, and i am specifically...
myshalom777@... wrote: I just finished watching a documentary programme on Nazi history. One German who profiteered by selling bread to the Jews who were...
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