Stoicism is now widely recognized as one of the most important philosophical schools of ancient Greece and Rome. But how did it influence Western thought after Greek and Roman antiquity? The contributors recruited for this volume include leading international scholars of Stoicism as well as experts in later periods of philosophy. They trace the impact of Stoicism and Stoic ideas from late antiquity through the medieval and modern periods.
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Stoicism is now widely recognized as one of the most important philosophical schools of ancient Greece and Rome. But how did it influence Western thought after Greek and Roman antiquity? The contributors recruited for this volume include some of the leading international scholars of Stoicism as well as experts in later periods of philosophy. They trace the impact of Stoicism and Stoic ideas from late antiquity through the medieval and modern periods.
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The Stoic Discourses of Epictetus are conspicuously marked throughout by the figure of Socrates. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
passive injustice, rational affections, stoic view, rational agency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Diogenes Laertius, Middle Ages, New Testament, Christ Jesus, Guillaume du Vair, Brad Inwood, Martha Nussbaum, United States, Adam Smith, Aulus Gcllius, John Buridan, Joseph Hall, Plato's Gorgias, Saint Paul, Simon Goulart, Francis of Sales, Julius Caesar, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Marcus Aurelius, Nicomachean Ethics, Peter Abelard, William of Ockham New!
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The Stoic Discourses of Epictetus are conspicuously marked throughout by the figure of Socrates. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
passive injustice, rational affections, stoic view, rational agency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Diogenes Laertius, Middle Ages, New Testament, Christ Jesus, Guillaume du Vair, Brad Inwood, Martha Nussbaum, United States, Adam Smith, Aulus Gcllius, John Buridan, Joseph Hall, Plato's Gorgias, Saint Paul, Simon Goulart, Francis of Sales, Julius Caesar, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Marcus Aurelius, Nicomachean Ethics, Peter Abelard, William of Ockham New!
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- Perpetual Peace, and Other Essays on Politics, History, and Morals (HPC Classics Series) by Immanuel Kant on page 215, page 246, and Back Matter
- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on page 43, page 48, and page 72
- Descartes: Discourse On Method by Laurence J. Lafleur on page 167, and page 176
- Presence of Stoicism in Medieval Thought by Gerard Verbeke on page 132, and Back Matter
- The Hellenistic Philosophers, Vol. 1: Translations of the Principal Sources, with Philosophical Commentary by A. A. Long in Back Matter
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- The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Philosophy (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Donald Rutherford in Back Matter
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