Stoicism
-Set of universal moral standards based on nature and reason that would overshadow local ethical codes
-Early 3rd century BCE
-It was a way of life
-They thought the best indication of one's philosophy was how one behaved, not what one said
-They believed emotions like fear or envy arose from false judgments.
-Sage: a person who had attained moral or intellectual perfection. He or she was immune to misfortune.
-Stoics believed all knowledge entered the mind through the senses.
Marcus Tullius Cicero 106-43 B.C.E.
- Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist
-Adopted Stoic values and studied in Greece-Learned about classical Hellenistic schools of thought
-Persuasive, one of Rome's greatest orators
-Wrote Latin prose
-Emphasized individual's duty to live in harmony with nature and reason
-An individual's highest duty was the pursuit of justice.
-He disliked people who strived to gain wealth or to become powerful through immoral, illegal, or unjust means.
-He made Stoicism the most prominent school of moral philosophy in Rome.
-Set of universal moral standards based on nature and reason that would overshadow local ethical codes
-Early 3rd century BCE
-It was a way of life
-They thought the best indication of one's philosophy was how one behaved, not what one said
-They believed emotions like fear or envy arose from false judgments.
-Sage: a person who had attained moral or intellectual perfection. He or she was immune to misfortune.
-Stoics believed all knowledge entered the mind through the senses.
Marcus Tullius Cicero 106-43 B.C.E.
- Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist
-Adopted Stoic values and studied in Greece-Learned about classical Hellenistic schools of thought
-Persuasive, one of Rome's greatest orators
-Wrote Latin prose
-Emphasized individual's duty to live in harmony with nature and reason
-An individual's highest duty was the pursuit of justice.
-He disliked people who strived to gain wealth or to become powerful through immoral, illegal, or unjust means.
-He made Stoicism the most prominent school of moral philosophy in Rome.