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Choosing the Stoic Path – Episode 4

Stoicism On Fire

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Why Do Some People Choose Hellenistic Schools?

There's something about the way of life that attracts us to a particular school. Once weare a member of that school, or if we've chosen that path, then we learn the doctrines that support that way of life. Zeno provides a great example of that - he initially chose cynicism and went on to study under the platonists and the megarians before choosing stoicism. The first school an ancient might have considered woult have been called scepticism. For them, peace of ind as achieved by freeing oneself from disturbances caused by holding false opinions.

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