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Ancient Philosophy

Published on May 25, 2016

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How to Live a Good Life

5th century BCE - 4th century CE
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Ancient Good

agent-centered good (vs. action)
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Socrates (469-399 BCE); Plato (429?-349 BCE)

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Reason

vs. Appetite
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eudaimonia: "happiness"

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arete: "excellence" (archaic english "virtue")

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1. Cynics

Follow your natural inclinations; reject luxury, wealth and conventions
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Diogenes: 412-323 BCE

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Cynic: "Dog"

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Diogenes: 412-323 BCE

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2. Epicureans

Minimize Pain
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Epicurean Cosmos

Atom: Indivisible
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Epicurean Ethics

Value Friends; include women and slaves; withdraw from conventional life
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BAD

Politics...
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Epicurean Salvation

"pleasure" = absence of pain
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3. Stoics

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Us

It's all about ourselves
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still about ourselves

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No pain no gain

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...always looking to the

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...and we are in control

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Stoicism

Sortof not exactly like that
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The Stoic Cosmos

Order of Nature
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--> "Natural Order"

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Stoic Ethics

Find your place in the cosmos
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Stoic Salvation

Non-attachment to the world of things
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"Apathy"

apathia: a life without pain
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Front Row

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