Stoics: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides For The Perplexed)

249 Pages·2008·11.16 MB·English

by  Andrew M. Holowchak

THE STOICS: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED
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THE STOICS: A GUIDE FOR THE
PERPLEXED
M. ANDREW HOLOWCHAK
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EISBN 9781847060457
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Holowchak, Mark, 1958-
The Stoics : a guide for the perplexed / M. Andrew Holowchak.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-84706-044-0 (HB)
ISBN-10: 1-84706-044-7 (HB)
ISBN-13: 978-1-84706-045-7 (pbk.)
ISBN-10: 1-84706-045-5 (pbk.
1. Stoics. I. Title.
B528.H73 2008
188—dc22
2007039299
Typeset by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Manchester
In fondest memory of Gregory
Dies iste, quern tamquam extremum reformidas, aeterni natalis est.
Seneca, Epistles, CII.26
CONTsENTS
Abbreviations sviii
List of Tables ix
Acknowledgements x
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: The Stoic Sage 19
Chapter 2: The Stoic Progresor 72
Chapter 3: Equanimity in Adversity 122
Chapter 4: Equanimity in Prosperity 157
Chapter 5: The Heroic Course 193
Bibliography 29
Index 23
vii
ABBREVIATIONS
D.L. Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers
ISA Stobaeus' Anthology (Ioannis Stobaei Anthologium, ed.
Curtius Wachsmuth and Otto Hense, Berlin: Weidmannos,
1884-1912).
SVF Stoicorum Veterum Fragmentus, Hans Friedrich August von
Arnim, Irvington Publishers, 1986
viii
LIST OF TABLES
1. Eg/Body/Field Analogies 8
2. Aristotle's Thre Types of People 30
3. Stoics' Two Types of People 31
4. Stoic Character and Intentionality 4
5. Stoic View of Emotions 50
6. Stoic View of Eupatheiai 53