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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Stoic"”.
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Language and Reality: Stoic Semantics Reconstructed
This thesis aims to understand Stoic views on the relationship of language to the world. I supplement Stoic fragmentary evidence with new evidence from the works of ancient grammarians who, I argue, worked within a Stoic framework, and can serve as sources for Stoic theories. On the basis of this …
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Platonic and Stoic Passions in Philo of Alexandria
… however, Philo also exhibits significant Stoic influence. The introduction notes Philo’s apparent incompatible use of both the complex Platonic and the monistic <br/>Stoic psychological models. After assessing the degree to which Philo understood 'passion' to be a type of Stoic impulse or …
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Historical Realism and Stoic Heroes in the Work of John Williams
… three main characters who embody the tenets of stoic and Emersonian transcendental philosophy, respectively. Williams uses these characters to promote and critique preconceived notions of heroic masculinity as structured within these philosophies. Through an analysis of form, this thesis will …
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The Stoic cognitive impression and the Academic Aparallaxia Argument: a study of an epistemological debate.
… of part of the epistemological debate between Stoics and the sceptical Academy, showing that the Stoic views were in part shaped by the philosophical exchange with their sceptical opponents and refined as a result of this confrontation. It focuses on the Stoic doctrine of the cognitive …
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Kataleptic impression and the problem of justification
… of truth, arguing that the conflict between the Stoics and the Academy cannot be fully resolved through the binary lens of contemporary epistemic internalism and externalism alone. By tracing the historical evolution of the kataleptic impression from Zeno to Chrysippus, and re-evaluating the …
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The ancient notion of self-preservation in the theories of Hobbes and Spinoza
… PhD examines the ways in which the Aristotelian, Stoic and Epicurean philosophers portray bodily activity. In particular, it argues that their claims regarding bodies’ natural tendency to preserve themselves, and seek out the goods capable of promoting their well-being, came to influence Hobbes’s …
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The Contemplation of the Transcendent Heart: Tracing the ἡγεμονικόν from the Stoics to Origen
Origen incorporates the Stoic concept of the ἡγεμονικόν, ‘governing faculty’, into his psychology and ethics as the transcendent heart. Origen, who stands at the watershed between ‘middle’ and ‘neo’ Platonism, provides us with a distinctive perspective on how late antique thinkers were able to …
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The self-sufficiency of the good man against the need for friendship. A discussion concerning the importance of friendship for the good man in Cicero.
Cicero wrote in Book Three of On Duties, that the Stoic sage being absolutely good and and perfect was the only one that could be truly happy. For his happiness was based in his virtue and as he had perfect virtue, he had perfect and lasting happiness. Yet the Peripatetics saw that happiness was …
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The pursuit of happiness: using Hellenistic and Romantic foundations to demedicalise and demystify modern therapeutic approaches regarding depression
… equally appear inaccessible, so the concepts of Stoic emotional regulation, Epicurean sources of distress and Romantic depictions of positive affect and melancholy will be explained with appropriate background given to the relevant periods. Despite this philosophical foundation, elements such as …
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Epictetus on speech: The argument
… rhetoric and to make clear the principles of Stoic physics and ethics which underlie the text.
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Dispassion and the Good Life: A Study of Stoicism and Zhuangism
… role in many different traditions, such as Stoicism, Buddhism, Daoism, and eastern Christianity, it does not seem to hold much appeal to people today. To the modern ear, dispassion is often associated with apathy, which refers to a lack of feeling, motivation, or concern. Because of this …
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The Golden Chain: Redrawing the map of ancient allegory
… challenging the typical rubric of “Stoic allegoresis”. In contrast with previous studies, I argue that allegoresis did not have a clearly defined role in the Stoic philosophical system; the early Stoics’ interest in allegory does have connections with the Stoics’ philosophical views, …
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Behind Indian Teeth' : the use of humour in contemporary Native American film
… Native American, particularly the concept of the stoic, humourless, 'vanished American.' The nature of comedy as a genre rooted in survival and endurance is discussed, and its usefulness in depicting the situation of modem Native Americans is explored - highlighting the presence of comedy in …
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Sacral Citizenship: Philosophies of the City from Plato to Augustine
… considered as poised between Plato and the Stoic legacy. The aim of this examination is to test certain still dominant assumptions about ancient citizenship, defined as active participation in government. These assumptions are that ancient citizenship was primarily political, secular, adult …
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Atlas: a collection of poems on moving to the Wild West
… back to the fading language of the beatniks and stoic voice of the modernists of the late twentith century. Above all, Atlas is a collection of prose and poetry that speaks of the existence and experience while traveling and relocating across country, all from the point of view of a person …
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Aspects of Evil in Seneca's Tragedies
… evil in Senecan tragedy through the prism of his Stoic principles, as they are illustrated in his philosophic treatises, with special reference to de ira, de clementia, and naturales quaestiones. The introduction defines evil and situates this study in the historical context of Julio-Claudian rule …
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The humanism of Dante
… coloured by Christian idealism, despite its Stoic and, indeed, Pelagian tendency.
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Dependency in Caregiving Contexts : The Role of Personality
… and respect for authority. Measures of stoicism, caregiver affiliation, and respect for medical authority, which were specially designed with the elderly care recipient in mind, were also employed. Outcome variables were morale, physical dependency (ADL/IADL), and psychosocial dependency …
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An Epicurean Kant
… by exploring Kant's interest in Epicurus and the Stoics, particularly relative to his discussion of the proper relation of happiness and virtue in the summum bonum , his use of the postulates of pure practical reason, and his deployment of the concept of selbstzufriedenheit (self-satisfaction) as …
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