What is the difference between stoicism and epicureanism? In summary, asimple heuristicto remember the difference between the Stoics and the Epicureans: The Stoics cared about virtuous behavior and living according to nature, while the Epicureans were all about avoiding pain and seeking natural and ...
The same is true of Roman philosophy where we could find examples to demonstrate Greek influence on their Roman counterpart. The best example is perhaps Stoicism and Epicureanism, both of which originated fromGreeceand were further developed and modified inRome. In literature, Roman men of letters...
What is Heidegger's phenomenology? What do Marcus Aurelius and Vespasian have in common? How did the Greek sophists define epistemology? What are Epicureanism and stoicism both examples of? Who wrote about Socrates? What did Albert Camus mean by creating meaning?
Wisdom, or prudence, is the capacity to make sensible decisions and judgments based on personal knowledge or experience. It is the ability to recognize, differentiate and choose between right and wrong. It is deemed the most essential of the four virtues. Plato considered wisdom the virtue of r...
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The first of these points is that Śāntideva himself believes in rebirth, and this concept deeply suffuses his philosophy; Thompson and I agree about that. The second is that Śāntideva is wrong in this belief: though Ian Stevenson’s kind of work does present a potential anomaly, the...
The term “postmodernism” (or “poststructuralism”) is notoriously elusive; it’s sometimes said that if you think you know what it is, you don’t. But that doesn’t stop its practitioners from talking about it, and I don’t think it should stop anyone else either. I will use “pos...
For the thesis that 2 Peter is arguing with Greco-Roman converts who are steeped in the Greek idea of ekpyrosis, either through Epicureanism or, simply, Stoicism, see Tord Fornberg, An Early Church in a Pluralistic Society: A Study of 2 Peter, ConB NT 9 (Lund, Sweden: CWK Gleerup...
ThesameistrueofRomanphilosophywherewecouldfindexamplestodemonstrateGreek influenceontheirRomancounterpart.ThebestexampleisperhapsStoicismandEpicureanism,bothofwhichoriginatedfromGreeceandwerefurtherdevelopedandmodifiedinRome. Inliterature,RomanmenoflettersalsoborrowedagreatdealfromGreekculture.Forexample, onecouldfindlots...
For them, God is there actively moving the universe along; things are the way they are because God wants them to be. But given the vast and terrible suffering in the universe – including all the suffering that has nothing to do with human free will –it seems like a cruel joke to ...