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Stoicism
A Greek philosophical school founded by Zeno of Citium, c. 300 BCE.
The Stoics believed that mankind is superior to animals by virtue of our reason. The good life is lived in accord with nature and evil is understood as an unpleasant aspect of nature.
It was deemed appropriate to know about the existence of evil and therefore control one’s reaction to it.
For Stoics the Greek gods were seen as cosmic forces, a view resembling a modern approach to mythology.
Life after death was generally not believed in; however, the Stoics did subscribe to an eternal return, an idea mentioned in the works of Friedrich Nietzsche.
The philosopher Epictetus, the Roman statesman Seneca and Emporer Marcus Aurelius are usually regarded as Stoics.
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essential works of stoicism: CHRIS DRUMM
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