Memo ... From: Steve Marquis <smarquis@...> To: stoics@onelist.com <stoics@onelist.com> Date: 29 June 1999 17:55 Subject: Re: [stoics] Bert's De Ira ......
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Steve Marquis
smarquis@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 1, 1999 6:31 pm
I want to thank Larry for giving us the opportunity to read his draft paper on Stoic Emotions. Maybe this is the first step in getting a little more...
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Steve Marquis
smarquis@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 1, 1999 8:43 pm
... This sounds similar to the point I was making about ataraxia in my previous post today. Regulative dispositions seem to be operating in a space that is...
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Bertram Rothschild
bertr@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 1, 1999 11:02 pm
... My own sense is that the words feeling and emotion are synonymous. We know we have an emotion because we feel our bodies getting ready for some sort of...
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Bertram Rothschild
bertr@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 1, 1999 11:05 pm
... It seems to me that Epictetus makes the same point. On the event of a friend's great loss, one may groan with a friend, but not inwardly. I always ...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Jul 2, 1999 12:56 am
... Because it suggests motion, and because the classical Stoics taught that, in addition to being incorrect judgments, the pathe were violent movements of the...
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Cyberstoic@xxx.xxx
Jul 2, 1999 3:03 am
Greetings, fellow Stoics and Forum members: I have spoken with our Moderator regarding my intention to address you tonight. I have also spoken with several...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Jul 2, 1999 4:33 am
Dear Forum members, Since Eric has mentioned the fact that he is chair of the [Stoic] Council, I thought I should mention (since we haven't mentioned it in the...
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HappyStoic@xxx.xxx
Jul 3, 1999 6:30 pm
By the way, I am semi-decent in Greek and I have manuscripts of Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Clement of Alexandria, Plato (some) Aristotle (some) and...
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Pmbaysd@xxx.xxx
Jul 4, 1999 8:08 pm
Peace-- Having spoken with both Erik and Dr. Garret, I wanted to briefly comment on the Stoic Commons to you, the Stoic Community. Knowing how busy this...
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Steve Marquis
smarquis@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 6, 1999 3:40 pm
The 4th of July is an Amercian holiday to celebrate our independence. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in having a good time we forget what we are celebrating....
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David Carter
davcar@xxx.xxxx
Jul 7, 1999 7:35 am
Greetings, As a recovering alcoholic I have lived the Serenity Prayer for the past 20+years....And for me it has always provided the short definition of...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Jul 10, 1999 2:28 am
"How is my life different if I choose virtue?" (This question from Steve Marquis.) The neat thing about virtue (or better, living virtuously) as the end is ...
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Steve Marquis
smarquis@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 11, 1999 4:35 am
Jan wrote: _____________________ Organizing your life in this way, integrating it around the proper end, puts one in a great "place" in relation to all other...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Jul 11, 1999 10:13 pm
... In a philosophy that admits the meaningfulness of final causes (nature-given purposes that work by a kind of attraction on sentient or quasisentient ...
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joan elkins
joan@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 12, 1999 5:03 pm
Hi everyone, I received this posting from my Granddaughter, who is fourteen, thought you might enjoy the read: Joan There once was a boy who had a temper. His...
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lcbeck@xxxxxxxx.xx.xxx
Jul 12, 1999 6:20 pm
... I am trying to work out a satisfactory account of the stoic approach to justice -- especially to injustice -- since this is one of the major stumbling...
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Andy McGregor
selfaware@xxxxxxx.xxx
Jul 12, 1999 6:40 pm
If your granddaughter wrote this, she is incredibly wise for her age. If not, she is still wiser than most for recognizing the value of this story. I'm glad to...
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Pmbaysd@xxx.xxx
Jul 12, 1999 7:19 pm
Perhaps I am missing something here. I find the controversy (if that is what it is) to be confusing. Living in a highly regulated community (the military), I...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 12, 1999 7:21 pm
... Yes it was. This is in Plato's APOLOGY. This short dialogue is worth reading, as it deals with the issue as to why philosophy is important. It would...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 12, 1999 8:27 pm
Larry wrote: _______________________ There seems to be no evidence that any stoic theorist ever tackled head on the implications of fundamental stoic...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 12, 1999 7:29 pm
... Socrates did. After he was condemned to death, his friends tried to organise his escape from prison, which the authorities would not really have minded. ...
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Yinshih@xxx.xxx
Jul 12, 1999 9:29 pm
Dear Keith: The only collected set of Seneca's letters with an English translation is indeed the Loeb. Would be nice if Harvard University Press commission a...
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Steve Marquis
smarquis@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 13, 1999 12:01 am
Keith wrote: __________________ Socrates did [have an injunction]. After he was condemned to death, his friends tried to organize his escape from prison, which...
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Steve Marquis
smarquis@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 13, 1999 1:10 am
Thank your Granddaughter for us, Joan. Perhaps we should give a thought or two to consequences before acting or speaking. Steve...
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Jan Edward Garrett
jgarrett@xxx.xxxxxxxx...
Jul 13, 1999 1:18 am
Socrates was indeed one of the heroes of the ancient Stoa, and it is no waste of time for Stoics today to reflect upon his conduct. Keith refers to The Apology...
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Andrew Brien
abrien@xxx.xxx.xxx
Jul 13, 1999 6:35 am
Greetings! I've only just joined this list. Apart from coming into the conversation part ways through, and so not knowing exactly what has gone before, it is...
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Andrew Brien
abrien@xxx.xxx.xxx
Jul 13, 1999 6:35 am
Larry wrote about the Stoic approach to justice / injustice and its regard to slavery. "The charge is", Larry wrote, "that Stoicism equals quietism; that since...
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Bertram Rothschild
bertr@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 13, 1999 2:31 pm
... The above sounds very much like Christianity. It surely was justification (not totally) for the Inquisition. But, another thought. - my concern is that...
