The Stoics Are Making a Comeback

Stoicism was basically this philosophy that tried not to feel anything and tried to deny any sort of physical manifestations or materialism. On the other hand the Epicureans are sort of hedonists basically and they're all about going for central pleasure so these are two opposing schools at the time. So Paul is invited to speak to all of these philosophers in of course the most famous city of philosophy in Athens. He stands in the midst of the areaopagus said men of Athens I perceive that in every way you were very religious.