Lipsius's Approach to Stoic Physics

Lipsius wanted to adapt ancient philosophy to christian truth, says i. He once said that the stoics place happiness in nature which can be accepted so long as we take this to mean in god. lipsius spent time on both sides of the catholic protestant divide. His biography gives the impression of a man who chose his confession more out of convenience than conviction. The main thing was to be a christian, not this or that kind of christian.