Roman Stoicism

The seventeenth century figures descarde and malebrant say, is it the stoic ethical theory? So the idea of self control? Or are they interested in stoicism as a system. Some one like descart is certainly very interested in that idea, stoicism as offering ideas about how to live a good, happy life. Others are interested in that same issue, but arer much more sceptical. Figures like pascal and male branch are very critical of stoicism. Epictetus is attacked for his pride and his arrogance. And there's a real challenge to the idea that epictetus and seneca were potentially good christians.