Early Stoicism. Flashcards
What was the key teaching of Early Stoicism?
Reason should be elevated above desires of the body.
There should be a strive for ‘apatheia’. What does this mean?
“Immune to pain”.
Stoics should live a simple and virtous life. They should avoid everything except…?
They should avoid everything but the basic of needs.
There should also be a strive to be a ‘sage’ - a wise man. This, along with what, was the ultimate goal for stoics.
A hugely important goal of stoics was attaining ‘arete’ (virtue) and freeing yourself from vice.
Virtue comes from the ability of what?
Virtue comes from the ability to control your emotions by feeling neither pleasure nor pain.
What is the general mindset an early stoic should have?
Except and prepare for the worst, and react with virtue.
Early stoics saw humanity as a what?
They saw it is a community, governed by a supreme power - nature, fate, god/gods.
