Jan, ... no ... set of ... us, ... are ... than ... I have instinctually held this to be true for much of my life. Even though my choices are free, and my...
Dear Group, I would like to think I am making some progress. Yesterday a pretty young girl in a convertible sports car drove past me. At first, the part of my...
I am reminded of a past post in here regarding a fictitious occurrence wherein Epictetus is found considering a $10,000 shower curtain. "I'm sure it's a very...
Dear Stoics, As I am a new member of the international stoic forum , here is a brief introduction : I am a 30 year old man. I live in Belgium, the country of...
... I don't know any sages, but my advice would be to get on the plane and try not to worry. You will probably not be able to stop the worry altogether, as it...
Welcome Eric, ... life. ... have ... if I ... In anticipation of ordeals like this, I usually collapse into the realization that I don't really *have* a life,...
I have just tracked down a copy of the new book on Cleomedes, Lectures on Astronomy, by Bowen & Todd. Of course much of the physics is 'wrong' (although much...
Hi Eric! I am a fairly new member here myself :-) Hopefully some other members can give you better advice regarding stoic dogma and beliefs. I am a long-time...
Dear Eric, Welcome to the Stoics Group. I am a comparatively new member myself. So far. I have made no contributions, but have thoroughly enjoyed the frequent...
Eric Smith
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Apr 3, 2004 1:59 am
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Hi I would be grateful if one of you could give an english translation of the following extracts from Hadot's the inner citadell (chapter VI, the discipline of...
Hello Elen, These are the English translations from the Harvard University Press (1998) edition of Hadot's Inner Citadel: Aulus Gellus, Attic Nights XIX, 1,...
" In truth we ought not to pray at all, or we ought to pray in this simple and noble fashion"- M Aurelius, Meditations The other day I found a letter on the...
A single copy of this rare and helpful anthology of papers has come up at ABE Books: Schofield, Malcolm and Striker, Gisla, Eds. The Norms of Nature: Studies...
Epictetus mentions Socrates' name more than any other, and it is obvious that he held him in high regard, however it seems to me that the `Socratic' (or...
... *have* a life, that it really belongs to another." To whom? ... and you will have nothing to fear." What did He do to aid those on September 11, 2001?...
Those who have Long and Sedley, The Hellenistic Philosophers, vol I., Cambridge University Press, 1987, can find brief excerpts from Cleomedes on pp. 294-95. I...
There are many Platonic dialogues involving the character Socrates in which the opposition between the soul and body is recessive rather than dominant. The...
If god made everyone free (with a ruling faculty that is free from hindrance) and it is possible for each individual to obtain everything good that can be...
How can we describe the world as perfect, with nothing of like to compare it to? ... From: John [mailto:john_tonya@...] Sent: 04 April 2004 03:47 To:...
Hello Pete! Where have you been? I thought you sailed off the edge of the earth. Epictetus said the world was perfect. I do not know what he was comparing it...
... Would a seven year old on the plane have had every opportunity? ... In my opinion, a lot of people, both good and not so good, were harmed that day....
Dear Rick, ... more so. I have thought about this. 'Potential future'. Does the future, if we are not 'in' it have any 'potential'? 'Potential' is rooted in...
... This knife cuts both ways ... how can we describe the world as imperfect ... ? ... From: Pete Stonehouse To: stoics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 04,...
In a message dated 04/04/2004 19:21:29 GMT Daylight Time, ... Is everybody afraid to say the emperor has no clothes ? Of course the world is not perfect. Could...
Spinoza, in several ways similar to the Stoics (although in some respects significantly different), used the term perfection to describe the divine reality,...
The world being everything (i.e. the universe and not the planet), it necessarily follows that there is nothing apart from it with which it can be compared. ...
... claims the ... "God made all things in the world, and made the whole world itself unrestrained and perfect." Epictetus, Discourses book 4 chpt. 7...
If the causes and conditions were set for you to die young in a terrorist attack, then you did not have a different potential future. We could discuss...
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