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Would Rejecting the Stoic Physics Make Stoicism 2.0 Or Would It Make Cynicism 1.0?

While I am a fan of Stoic physics and I do agree with essentially all of it, I have to say that before Zeno of Citium developed the Stoic physics, Stoicism already existed mostly in the form of what we call Cynicism. And truly noble people were Cynics and were correct that virtue is theContinue reading “Would Rejecting the Stoic Physics Make Stoicism 2.0 Or Would It Make Cynicism 1.0?”

5 Things You Must Know about Hipparchia of Maroneia

Hipparchia was a Cynic philosopher from Maroneia in Thrace, who flourished around 300 BCE. She became famous for her marriage to Crates the Cynic, and infamous for supposedly consummating the marriage in public. Here are 5 things you must know about Hipparchia. Hipparchia was a coequal to her husband Crates of Thebes. Hipparchia fell in love with CratesContinue reading “5 Things You Must Know about Hipparchia of Maroneia”

Stoicism and Amor Fati

I was taking a look at Massimo Pigliucci’s article Did the Ancient Stoics Believe in a Living Cosmos? Does It Matter? published in Medium and I thought his Stoicism 2.0 wasn’t a radical departure from Stoicism. I’m not sure I would sell it as Stoicism 2.0 since it appears to retain basically everything except forContinue reading “Stoicism and Amor Fati”