Thanks Jan - I recall the pamegranate story now that you mention it. I must have heard it years ago, although I didn't know its Stoic context at the time. It...
Hello James, ... falling out of the sky - and event they cannot control.<<< Indeed. But Stoic doctrine does not claim that people are not really killed. Rather...
This is to call your attention to a relatively new book, a collection of articles by prominent contributors to scholarly work on Stoicism and its history and...
Unlike the collection on Stoicism which I described in the previous post, all I know about this new book, Stoic Warriors, by Nancy Sherman, is that it was just...
Jan, It was not intended as a criticism of Keith. I was just interested in the process involved because it seemed to me that there were two interesting...
Also being published in the near future (August) is The Stoic Life: Emotions, Duties, and Fate by Tad Brennan. Both this book and the Sherman book are being...
So what is the Stoic take on the "jitters", the "Bajeebees", the "heebee-jeebees", the "creeps", and "freakouts". For that matter, just what does Epictetus ...
"...hope I am making progress away from total Sagelessness and towards something more Sagelike." I love this phrase! (Sorry, no praise intended! <grin>) John B...
Keith wrote: _____________ Indeed. But Stoic doctrine does not claim that people are not really killed. Rather it faces the fact that perils abound, and that...
... The example I give when faced with the likes of the falling airplane scenario is "Imagine someone whose greatest wish is to die. Maybe he or she has an...
Malcolm wrote: _____________ I do not recall any mention of 'intuitive impressions' in the Stoic literature, but many people do on occasion form accurate...
... Nicely put. In RET and cognitive therapy, there is a phenomenon called "symptom stress": you get a symptom, then feel bad because you have that symptom. ...
I have a question would false accusations be considered an indifferent by Stoics. And if so how does one defend ones reputation. Leah Eddy AKA Iusta Sempronia...
The short answer is Yes. False accusations would be rejected or dispreferred indifferents. A rejected thing is something contrary to nature in the sense that...
I was just reading Troels Engberg-Pederson's article on Paul and the Stoics in the new book Stoicism: Traditions and Transformations that I mentioned earlier...
If you, the stoic, are the one who is *making* the false accusation --- then (assuming that you *know* the accusation is false) it would be an evil. However,...
Many years ago I was at a dance - not a formal one, but a typical 60s gathering. It was in the back room of a pub and the bar was in the main body of the pub....
... This is true in many cases but not all. When we speak of thing which I have knowledge of, such as scientific concepts, then I take on a more "debate"...
This starts as a comment on the distinction, recently made by Nigel, between philosophers and philosophizers. Roughly, this is the same as the distinction...
... .............. Jan, I have heard this statement about the Stoics indifference to human suffering rather often, but have never seen any evidence confirming...
... ................... Jan, Those scholars who are 'historians of philosophy' have made many contributions to a renewed understanding of a subject so much of...
Nigel wrote: _____________ Due to the nature of the medium such a debating platform will always lead to misunderstanding of the position of others. The very...
... ................................ Steve, Could you explain your thinking behind these phrases? 1. Criticism of the cognitive impression, aimed at a...
DT says, 'Perhaps we could leave behind the philosophizing of what the various figures thought and actually do some Stoic philosophy of our own here. Could...
Hi Jan I find nothing to disagree with. Like Malcolm I appreciate the input of the various Stoic professor's (as I call those of your ilk). Obviously my...
Malcolm wrote: _____________ Could you explain your thinking behind these phrases? 1. Criticism of the cognitive impression, aimed at a prokopton or idiotes,...
Nigel: Why is it important to Stoicism? There are two answers. One answer refers back to the originators in Greece... all of their views would have started...
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