Sorry for posting two topics at the same time, but I have two things on my mind which I would like to discuss. To me being a Stoic means: 1) Logic: Learning...
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nekonatulo
6:59 am
One of the principles in Stoic ethics is to be a world citizen. As a world citizen one would look further then the nation in which one is born. One would serve...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
4:29 am
Here are qualities of a Cognitive Impression (CI) and people * They represent what is and only what is. * Normal functioning human beings have the faculties...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
May 24, 2013 8:33 pm
I just have a second... Another problem is that the Stoics clearly accept that some of our impressions have a value component-- I not only have the impression...
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TheophileEscargot
snailman100
May 24, 2013 10:17 am
Maybe we should say a bit more about "L & S" or "Long and Sedley" for the benefit of any newcomers. In full, this is "The Hellenistic Philosophers, Vol. 1:...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
May 24, 2013 1:07 am
Kevin- Appreciate your response. Long & Sedley is my first and favorite source to resolve ‘what is Stoicism’ type of questions. I probably learned...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
May 23, 2013 1:09 pm
OK, I'll answer Steve's questions then proceed a little bit. "Are you saying you will not accept logic or reason to make a point but only scholarly...
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TheophileEscargot
snailman100
May 23, 2013 9:02 am
I tend to agree with Steve here. I think the firm division between intuitive and empirical knowledge is a somewhat modern development in philosophy. Two...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
May 23, 2013 2:02 am
Kevin- Are you saying you will not accept logic or reason to make a point but only scholarly historical evidence? So let’s see: A and B imply C but C is...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
May 23, 2013 12:06 am
Hi Steve, While I do appreciate your point that about not only being two possible explanations your analogy doesn't really apply because it isn't my or...
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smartgreg77
May 22, 2013 9:43 pm
That's sorta how it works out in my practice, Glenn, as one of the first things I try to tell myself when flustered is: "this is an opportunity to sharpen my...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
May 22, 2013 8:23 pm
Hi Kevin- Let me suggest a third option. There is no vacillation. It is both. We are always trying to put Stoicism into definitional boxes we make...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
May 22, 2013 6:13 pm
Steve: “Belief is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for knowledge” Me: I understand and this is Stoic. The Stoics believed you had to have firm...
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Richard
pmsrxw
May 22, 2013 1:59 pm
Can't we tolerate and accept a modicum of ambiguity or uncertainty? So, why not simply say - 1. The Stoic system works pragmatically based upon certain...
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glennonymous
May 22, 2013 11:20 am
Hello All, I just started reading Nassim Taleb's Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder . Taleb's Big Idea is that the opposite of fragility is not ...
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TheophileEscargot
snailman100
May 22, 2013 11:05 am
I think we need to bear in mind that the ancient stoics thought that empirical data can be a source of moral knowledge. See for instance Chrysippus' statement...
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Richard
pmsrxw
May 22, 2013 1:41 am
Dave Kelly: We have access to moral knowledge through our moral intuition. Moral intuition is a perfectible capacity, and is theorized in "ethical...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
May 22, 2013 1:41 am
Kevin- See my reply to Richard. Belif is a necessary, but not sufficent, condtion for knowlelge (implied in the word knowedge is a non-revsioanry...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
May 22, 2013 1:39 am
Richard- If we want keep the possibility of certain knowledge we have nowhere to go but our intuition. I happen to agree with Dave and Grant on this. ...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
May 22, 2013 1:19 am
Steve, you seem to have made some kind of distinction between believing something is true, which is the same as assenting that something is true and knowing...
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Dave Kelly
ptypes
May 22, 2013 12:36 am
... We have access to moral knowledge through our moral intuition. Moral intuition is a perfectible capacity, and is theorized in "ethical intuitionism" to be...
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Richard
pmsrxw
May 21, 2013 11:42 pm
So, wouldn't knowing with certainty that, for example, happiness is found exclusively in virtue and that externals are neither good nor evil be goods? Best...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
May 21, 2013 9:37 pm
Dave- Since you have taken belief and opinion out (even charaterized by the qualifier 'true') and are using 'knowing with cetainty' instead I have to...
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Dave
ptypes
May 21, 2013 9:08 pm
... David Sedley says it's knowing the right things that matters: "Despite the Stoics' extensive cataloguing and classification of the kathekonta which the...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
May 21, 2013 5:30 pm
I’m not even sure it’s beneficial to talk about ‘belief’ at this point. Beliefs, like opinions, can change. You were after dogma in a good sense...
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Dave Kelly
ptypes
May 21, 2013 4:45 pm
... So, if it is possible to know that a certain core Stoic belief is true to that certainty, and I think it is, then that belief is a good. Just trying this...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
May 21, 2013 1:38 am
Hi Dave- What I gather from the Stoics is assenting to a true proposition implies one knows it is true. An opinion I happen to hold and believe to be true...
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Richard
pmsrxw
May 20, 2013 10:57 pm
If an opinion (_dogma_) like "Happiness is found exclusively in Virtue (_arete_)" is believed to be true, and is in fact true, why isn't it a good. Best...
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Dave
ptypes
May 20, 2013 9:56 pm
... ... But, why can't an opinion be true. dogma (n.) c.1600 (in plural dogmata), from Latin dogma "philosophical tenet," from Greek dogma (genitive...
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Richard
pmsrxw
May 20, 2013 8:47 pm
What is true is good. Yes that DOES seem so! And AFAICT Stoicism indeed has Axioms that are well-founded. More later. The word "dogma" as used might...
