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The Stoic God – Episode 3

Stoicism On Fire

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Cleanthes Hymn - Theology of the Stoics

Stoics believed in mythology, and they believed that zeus sat on top of mount olympus throwing lightning bolts down on the evil. They used the language of greek mythology as metaphorical language to relay what they were trying to communicate with te their conception of the divine. While it is true the stoic god is not the transcendent, supernatural god of western monotheistic religions, nevertheless, it is also not the metaphorical, sext up atheistic god of richard dackins.

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